Quotes About Secrets

A midwife knows too much . . . But if she is truly a wise woman, she knows when to keep her mouth shut.

When you are keeping a secret from someone, and that person dies, the secret becomes impossible to dislodge from inside you.

Probabilmente se Mosse avesse trovato la scritta "Io uccido..." tracciata col sangue, con lo stesso sangue ci avrebbe scritto sotto "Anch'io...

If, as my mother used to say, a secret is a shame or a treasure, these were treasures.

I libri non sono la riserva dei nostalgici che hanno tempo da perdere. Sono il segreto di chi di tempo ne ha così poco che è costretto a inventarlo.

I have some state secrets I will take with me to paradise.

Ci sono luoghi dove gli uomini vanno a nascere, altri dove si nascondono, altri dove fanno l'amore. La sua era una casa dove si andava a morire.

Stolen kisses require an accomplice.

That's what happens when you keep a secret from someone you love: you start to hate them for allowing you to prove your own willingness to deceive them.

Ironies were like secrets: unshared they died.

My heart broke a little at her unblemished view of life: She still believed in innocent secrets, the heady rush of a good mystery, and happily ever after... (I wasn't about to disabuse her of those sweet notions.)...Little girls should be allowed to dream.

I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they fear is light.

Certain documents, such as the FISA court order allowing collection of telephone records and Obama's presidential directive to prepare offensive cyber-operations, were among the US government's most closely held secrets. Deciphering the archive and the NSA's language

Equally nonsensical was the notion that Snowden would try to save himself by giving away surveillance secrets. He had dismantled his life and risked a future in prison to tell the world about a clandestine surveillance system he believed must be stopped.

Happy or Unhappy, families are all mysterious.

I am reminded of Bryan Stevenson's four steps for creating change, in the secret world of prisons or otherwise: There is power in proximity. Get close to the problem you feel drawn to. Change the narrative. Stay hopeful. Be willing to do uncomfortable things. Secrets have power only as long as they are secret.

The secret of life is knowing and applying the secrets of life.

I'll tell you, but it's a whole book.

If you read someone else's diary, you get what you deserve.

What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

A gossip always gives you the benefit of the dirt.

Some secrets are fires so scorching, the only way to quench the burn is to tell someone.

Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead.