Quotes About Concealment

She turned and leant upon the wall. She did not want to show him her face. It was the sort of face that expressed its owner's feelings much too openly. If Bel were happy, if she were sad, if she received a sudden shock it was written in her face for all the world to see. She had often wished for a "poker face" but never more than now.

If people are hiding their sexuality, they don't really get their full selves, so you can sometimes feel like you're presenting sort of like a fogged version of yourself.

Someone once told me that being in the closet is like living in a vertical casket. Perfect description.

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.

I'm always interested in what we're not being shown. So if you're playing ostensibly a quote-unquote 'baddie,' what are their good sides, and vice versa.

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.

It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim.

I feel Victoria may have a Secret, but you don't have to know it!

When I first started making the videos, I didn't tell anyone about it.

It's not what you project... it's what you don't show.

Let her cover the mark as she will,'" he quoted sardonically, "'the pang of it will always be in her heart.

Most people don't have facades," Natalie said drily. "Oh everyone thinks they do, but when you dig below the facade, there is only more facade.

We try to conceal our defects and say the things we think the other one wants to hear. We pretend that we're always lovely and sweet-tempered and that we don't mind the other's nasty little habits. And then after the wedding, we lower the boom.

Kathleen is not heartless, you see," Helen murmured. "She feels very deep sorrow. It's only that she can't show it." Devon wasn't certain whether to thank or curse Helen for the revelations. He didn't want to feel any compassion for Kathleen. But the rejection by her parents at such a tender age would have been devastating. He understood all about the desire to avoid painful memories and emotions... the compelling need to keep certain doors closed.

the best way to hide in plain sight was to get fat.

I had just taken over the identity of a felon, with the murder weapon sitting right in my glove compartment.

Luna fought hard to keep all her emotions, even joy, under the radar. But when an unruly emotion surfaced, it was merely an opening act. Anger was always the headliner.

You use arrogance and control to hide the real you. But I've seen you. I know you.

Fear and a secret are two different things," I remind him, pointing out the difference in the two phrases.  "Often they come together. A secret that leads to fear in one way, shape, or form.

No one here has to know who I really am. Ever. They can never know. We disappeared with my father, our historic bloodline ended forever.

I fool you. I fool everyone.

I fool everybody!

Let me ask around. In the meantime, you need to keep that trinket out of sight, and you need to be careful." "I'm always careful." Garadin gave me the look. You know the one. "Whenever I can," I added.

Secrets ain't a healthy thang. Secrets ain't a healthy thang, no matter how old they is.