Quotes About Concealment

Alle hatten den Zauberer lachen gesehen, aber niemand vermutete, dass er lächeln konnte. Jetzt breitete sich jedoch ein Lächeln auf seinem Gesicht aus. Er war so froh, dass es überall sichtbar wurde, an seinen Ohren, an seinem Hut, an seinen Stiefeln!

Man gjemmer ting og så begynner det å lukte.

It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them.

It was not a house where secrets could be kept easily.

In church, I look around... I have a secret world in my mind, and if they could see it, they might... I don't know. Stone me.

Constance, meanwhile, was slipping a forkful of goopy casserole onto Sticky's plate. It was the third such forkful, and Sticky (who was just as distracted as Reynie) had yet to notice. He just kept glancing down at his plate with concealed dismay, continuing to eat what was in front of him.

The power itself comes from the fact that you can do something and people can't see you do it and what kind of responsibility do you have when you can do it. What kind of good things can you do or can you do good things from being invisible in this way?

would this scrap of leather have been mortared into the wall where no one would ever see it? Was it some kind of secret sign?

Reynie knew they would be almost impossible to see down here, yet he suddenly felt so sure of being spotted he could almost hear the Ten Men's voices echoing down to the landing, "Oh, chickies! Here chickies!" But the men didn't even glance in their direction, and an instant later had passed out of view.

There was a clatter of footsteps on the flooring, and they looked up to see Owen approaching. He was trying to conceal his sheepishness behind an arrogant façade, and almost – but not quite – failing. 'I know, I know,' he said, holding up his hands. 'Don't all rush to hug me, you'll only embarrass me.' 'Hug you?' queried Jack. 'Hey, even I have standards.

If you refused to look, it was easy to pretend it wasn't happening.

That's kind of the point of being stealthy. And if he doesn't catch you, then you're not doing anything wrong, are you?" That sounded true. That sounded very true!

part of the shadows.

But they were all too tired to kill anything, and after a moment the hippo splashed loudly into the river and submerged, probably congratulating itself on its impressive stealth.

and a hero at first, but they didn't know

The rules: Nobody mentions the abyss. Nobody goes near the abyss. Everyone pretends the abyss does not exist anymore. Everyone acts like they hear absolutely zero whispers and feel zero weirdness coming from the creepy big dark hole.)

Dusky, so how did she not exist at all for this human? It was like being invisible, but a different kind of

All sentient beings are buddhas, but they are covered by temporary obscurations. When these are removed, they are truly buddhas enlightened.

Everybody's got their secrets; I carry mine like a jagged stone in my shoe.

I have never yet known a man admit that he was either rich or asleep.

Love, sorrow, and wealth are the three things that cannot be concealed.

Even the best-conducted women [...] have an aversion for the impotent," [...] so one should conceal one's wounds and hide the crippling deficiencies of life – poverty, misfortune, sickness, ill-success. People begin by being touched and moved to tenderness by their friends' distress; presently this changes to pity, which has something humiliating about it; then to a masterful giving of advice; and then to scorn.

who is invisible enough to see you

he is afraid of being falsely accused. Worried that if he looks afraid people will think he is a liar, he may try to conceal his fear so that