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Quotes About Concealment

If at first you do succeed — try to hide your astonishment.
~ Author unknown, c. 1970
Ima takvih ljudi koji se ne?ega plaše ili stide, nešto žele da sakriju. I upravo zbog toga oni svojim pogledom stalno nastoje da privuku i zadrže tu?i pogled, u želji da ga vežu za svoje o?i i da mu tako ne dopuste da ide dalje i da razgleda i ispituje crte njihova lica ili delove tela ili ode?u na njima.
~ Ivo Andri?
Things only ferment and fester in the dark.
~ Ivy Compton-Burnett
Sometimes the unspeakable can come from the decent. And sometimes, it's possible to make yourself decent out of the unspeakable.
~ J. D. Robb
Make sure that your generosity is as private as possible, even hidden from the recipient if possible, because it then eliminates the expectation of a reward.
~ J. Thomas
he wouldn't mention, now or then, the illegal nine-millimeter automatic he had in his pocket. Why distress the woman you loved with minor details?
~ J.D. Robb
She wished she had candy, but she hadn't settled on a new hiding place to thwart the nefarious Candy Thief.
~ J.D. Robb
The surface can hide a great deal of turmoil.
~ J.D. Robb
Edward, they might know me. Some people
~ J.D. Robb
She covered her hands with her face
~ J.D. Robb
over the face in the picture. "Except for one thing." "Let me
~ J.D. Robb
A man who wants to live cannot live in a house with lights in the windows. He must live in a hole and hide by day. A man must live so that he leaves no trace of his living. That is what it has come to.
~ J.M. Coetzee
Las que no son números. Las que son números brillan. Las oscuras quieren ser números pero no pueden. Andan como hormigas por todo el cielo, pero no podemos verlas porque son oscuras. ¿Puedo ir ahora?
~ J.M. Coetzee
As she shuffled back, he glanced down at the tent between his legs. Christ, that goddamn thing in there was huge; he looked like he had another arm in his pants.
~ J.R. Ward
A cold blast hit him and he laughed at the sting as he stepped outside, surveyed the night sky, and drank deeply. Such a good liar he was. Such a good one. Everyone thought he was fine because he'd camo'd his little problems. He wore a Sox hat to hide the eye twitch. Set his wristwatch to go off every half hour to beat back the dream. Ate though he wasn't angry. Laughed though he found nothing funny. And he'd always smoked like a chimney.
~ J.R. Ward
Joy was worn like a new suit of clothes on people. You could see it on every inch of them, from their step to their stare. But sadness and loss were hidden, kept quiet under composure and the shelter of daily activity.
~ J.R. Ward
Remember, forgiving doesn't mean forgetting, hiding isn't a long-term strategy, and distraction isn't your friend.
~ J.R. Ward
Shit, you never knew what was in someone's closet, did you.
~ J.R. Ward
Una debilidad no reconocida puede resultar mortífera.
~ J.R. Ward
An unacknowledged weakness is deadly.
~ J.R. Ward
Axe's erection was instantaneous, and he kept himself facing her as it rose. Even
~ J.R. Ward
Can't see. Just as well. No reason for you to know what we look like naked together. Frankly, I'm traumatised enough for the both of us.
~ J.R.Ward
He produced a black plastic box with a
~ Jack Higgins
and never really thought I'd amount to anything. It was precisely what I wanted the whole world to think; then I could sneak in, if that's what they wanted, and sneak out again, which I did.
~ Jack Kerouac