Quotes About Concealment

If you're going to bury the past, bury it deep, girl. Shallow Graves always give up their dead.

The truth can be a hard thing, Jo. It's often best left hidden.

When you keep a secret, the secret keeps you. - Becca

He had to hide his heart. It was the only way he could survive!

Keep in mind that I have seen the answer key.I know what I'm supposed to say to stop you from hitting me.

Maintaining an appearance mattered as much—more—than what was underneath. The deeper things could come and go, but what broke the surface would be lodged in everyone's memory.

The old pictures were no help; like all good pictures, they hid the truth.

This was our language: half-truths, obvious lies, accusations neither one of us would ever make. It was a system eery bit as complicated as Morse code or the dancing of bees. Don't ask, don't tell, stay civil.

Blend in. don't make waves. Don't look up.' That was the mantra I lived by. But not today.

I'd spent my whole human life not making waves, hiding what I was, trying not to be noticed. Until now.

If anyone asks," Michael called to him, "your name is Alfred.

The best way to keep intruders from breaking into a safe is to make sure they don't even know it's there.

He'd acted like he wasn't even wet.

May 13 Deduction. Reduction. Redaction. How much has been redacted from the carefully curated version of our story?

Because that's what our family does. Pretends that if we don't talk about a thing, it didn't happen. As if we could shape the truth with our stories, or lack thereof.

Though you work like mad to keep parts of you undiscovered, it is horrible to imagine that you will be completely successful. As the psychologist D.W. Winnicott wrote, "It is a joy to be hidden, but a disaster not to be found.

Disguise the pain. Don't call attention. Don't be noticed.

I've learned the hard way that the best thing to do is say nothing about what you're really thinking. If you say nothing, they'll assume you're thinking nothing, only what you let them see.

I know there's more in there, probably years of shit you've been smiling away and keeping down.

People either see me or they don't.

We can't always see what others don't want us to. Especially when they go to great lengths to hide it" -Mr. Embry

You never know what someone's hiding. We all hide ourselves when we need to.

We can't always see what others don't want us too. Especially when they go to great lengths to hide it.

We can't always see what others don't want us to. Especially when they go to great lengths to hide it.