Quotes About Concealment

Fame is a funny thing, like a secret, both are hard to keep.

Scopophobia hits them all—fear of seeing and being seen. A dog will bite if you stare at it too hard. People will shoot you.

viruses never go away, they only hide

That, very simply, was what adulthood must be all about—acquiring the skill to bury things more deeply. Out of sight and, whenever possible, out of mind.

Is not life exactly what it ought to be, in a certain sense? Isn't it only the naive who find all of this baffling? If you've a notion of what man's heart is, wouldn't you say that maybe the whole effort of man on earth to build a civilization is simply man's frantic and frightened attempt to hide himself from himself?

Cross felt that at the heart of all political movements the concept of the basic inequality of man was enthroned and practiced, and the skill of politicians consisted in how cleverly they hid this elementary truth and gained votes by pretending the contrary

We gotta stop meeting like this," he said, poker-faced. "The neighbors, they're starting to talk.

there would be no surprises, and the Jacuzzi was just a big bathtub with a few extra jets of water, loud enough that it could cover over just about any cries of despair. ???? (Posted 9/8/2012)

A confused and weak man hides his weakness and uncertainty with fiery speeches.

Humor was a good way to hide the pain.

My heroes, our time together is short," Juno said. "I am grateful that you called upon me. I have spent weeks in a state of pain and confusion...my Greek and Roman natures warring against each other. Worse, I've been forced to hide from Jupiter, who searches for me in his misguided wrath, believing that I caused this war with Gaea." "Gee," Annabeth said, "why would he think that?

Even if she were going crazy, she didn't want to look like she was going crazy.

Laughter is a good way to hide pain- Leo Valdez

Frank joined up the day that Albert crossed the Channel – Frank knew he was a coward and was terrified other people would find out as well so he thought he'd join up as quickly as possible before anyone noticed.

The kind of stuff you tended not to talk about because it wasn't usually a good idea to reveal so much disrepair to other people.

The last thing she wanted was people looking for her. No, that wasn't true--the last thing she wanted was people finding her.

Moira and the girls and they soon resumed their furtive

Lying came easily to Niven, he thought of it as a means of protecting the truth.

A woman in her sixth decade, dressed in everyday drab, is more invisible than a librarian.

Sometimes a house has two histories. One that's less well known. One that people have an interest in keeping less well known.

She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves.

Mostly, he looked like a big piece of old brown carpet that had been left out in the rain.

no talent is wholly wasted unless its owner chooses to hide it in a napkin.

But aren't all of us like a fine weaving? The pattern the world sees often hides the threads." Tess