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Quotes About Concealment

It was a sound like someone trying not to make a sound.
~ John Irving
Novels are just another kind of cross-dressing, aren't they?
~ John Irving
Ruth knew very well what the killer thought he had heard: he'd heard the sound of someone trying not to make a sound - that's what he'd heard.
~ John Irving
No one will even know.
~ John May
Education n: that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
~ Ambrose Bierce
He didn't flinch, but in his soul he did.
~ Jessie J
One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.
~ William Hazlitt
Excellence when concealed, differs but little from buried worthlessness. [Lat., Paullum sepultae distat inertiae Celata virtus.]
~ Horace
People tend to suppress that which they cannot express.
~ Yi-Fu Tuan
Secrecy breeds incompetence because where there is failure, failure is kept secret.
~ Julian Assange
You are My sight, so have faith. You are My Face, so veil yourself
~ Ibn Arabi
The awful mysteries of the Christian faith and worship were concealed from the eyes of strangers, and even of catechumens, with an affected secrecy, which served to excite their wonder and curiosity.
~ Edward Gibbon
All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul and they will never notice how broken you really are.
~ Unknown
Yes I can smile, but it's so easy to fake it. Yes I can act like I'm happy, but inside I'm falling apart. Yes I can pretend like everything is ok, but in reality I'm broken.
~ Unknown
Behind my smile is a hurting heart. Behind my laugh, I'm falling apart. Behind my smile, is tears at night.
~ Unknown
Each heart has some pain only the way of expression is different... Some hide it in their eyes while some hide it in their Smile.
~ Unknown
Behind every fake smile is a broken heart
~ Unknown
Nobody knows the real me. Nobody knows how many times I've sat in my room and cried, how many times I've lost hope, how many times I've been let down. Nobody knows how many times I've had to hold back to tears, how many times I've felt likeI'm about to snap but don't just for the sake of others. Nobody knows the thoughts that have gone through my head whenever I'm sad, and how horrible they really are ...
~ Unknown
A long sleeve, a fake smile, and everybody thinks you're fine.
~ Unknown
Look at her and you'll see a girl with a smile, but the truth is it's been fake for a while.
~ Unknown
The best time to CRY is under the SHOWER, this way no one will ever know that you were SAD.
~ Unknown
She hurts and she crys but you can't see the anxiety in her eyes because she just smiles.
~ Unknown
Deep in my heart, I'm suffering, knowing that I've lost you. On the outside, I'm living, pretending that I've forgotten you.
~ Unknown
She smiles with all that she has left, yet tears are left un-dried. And though she's got so much to say, she bottles it up inside. If you look past her broken eyes to a shadow no one sees, a disguise so you won't recognize, the girl is really me...
~ Unknown