Quotes About Concealment

Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body—

affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning.

Not seeing,' said Gatsby. 'No, we couldn't meet. But both of us loved each other all that time, old sport, and you didn't know. I used to laugh sometimes—'but there was no laughter in his eyes, 'to think that you didn't know.

yapmac?k tav?rlar?n çoÄŸu, baÅŸlarda olmasa bile, eninde sonunda hep bir ÅŸey gizlemek içindir-

It's always a delusion when I see what you don't want me to see.

Alla gente non piacciono questi fatti, ma non so che cosa farci. Se qualcuno ti chiede come stai, si aspetta che tu risponda BENE. Non devi dire che la sera prima ti sei addormentata piangendo perché erano due giorni di fila che non parlavi con un'altra persona. Devi dire: BENE.

Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret. —Jean de La Fontaine, French poet (1621–1695)

a sixteen-year-old girl could keep a relationship with an older man from her mother, then who knew what else lay hidden in the minds of these island folks?

Porque todo ha de saberse y lo que no se sabe lo imagina la malicia de los hombres.

Lord, may the pain be ours, And the weakness that it brings, But at least give us the strength, Of not showing it to anyone!

I took off the mask and looked in the mirror. I was the same child I was years ago. I hadn't changed at all... That's the advantage of knowing how to remove your mask. You're still the child, The past that lives on, The child. I took off the mask, and I put it back on, It's better this way. This way I'm the mask. And I return to normality as to a streetcar terminus. 11 August 1934

My life is so sad, and yet I do not even consider weeping over it; my hours are so false, and I do not even dream the gesture that might end them.

I hide behind the door, so that Reality won't see me when it enters.

Only people who wear clothes find the naked body beautiful. The overriding value of modesty for sensuality is that it acts as a brake on energy.

Morrer é só não ser visto.

Var olan tek s?r, bir s?r olduÄŸunu düÅŸünen insanlar?n olmas?d?r.

I painted myself in false colors and ended up with an attic room for an empire.

To organize our life in such a way that it becomes a mystery to others, that those who are closest to us will only be closer to not knowing us. That is how I've shaped my life

We all live far away and anonymous; disguised, we suffer as unknowns.

Their way of dreaming is a garment that conceals, not a dream that creates.

E assim escondo-me atrás da porta, para que a Realidade, quando entra, me não veja. Escondo-me debaixo da mesa, donde, subitamente, prego sustos à Possibilidade. De modo que desligo de mim, como aos dois braços de um amplexo, os dois grandes tédios que me cingem- o tédio de poder viver só o Real, e o tédio de poder conceber só o Possível.

Ars est celare artem.

The reader may not see [these meanings], but they have their effect on him nonetheless. This is the way the modern novelist sinks, or hides his theme

Emotions fascinate me, just being able to express myself through acting. I love that. And I think, in everyday life, you're always trying to repress your emotions. Like if you're sad, you don't want to show it to someone else.