Quotes About Secrecy

It was the kind of kiss that I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.

There hasn't been a scandal this big at the C.I.A. since (CLASSIFIED) committed (CENSORED) to (REDACTED).

She thinks my name is Freddie, you know, but of course it ain't. I always tell these people some name like that, because if they got onto your right name they might use it sometime. Understand?

But this is England, where the only crime is to be Found Out.

What the eye doesn't see the stomach doesn't heave over.

Since spies must survive by telling lies, it can be hard to know when they are telling the truth.

If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else.

because he didn't want it going through regular departmental vetting procedures, not until he knew where it was leading and what it might uncover. He operated this way frequently; it was always better to begin low-profile and let the thing develop slowly, undistorted by the pressures of expectation.

Nobody likes a clown at midnight

When you put on a clown suit and a rubber nose, nobody has any idea what you look like inside.

No one likes to see a government folder with his name on it.

He was a coward at heart, you see, although I never said the word out loud to him —not then and not ever. Doing that's about the most dangerous thing a person can do, I think, because a coward is more afraid of being discovered than he is of anything else, even dying.

Successful rebellions always begin in secret.

The exhilaration was hard to explain. It was a lonely feeling — a somehow melancholy feeling. He was outside; he passed on the wings of the wind, and none of the people beyond the brightly lighted squares of their windows saw him. They were inside, inside where there was light and warmth. They didn't know he had passed them; only he knew. It was a secret thing.

Any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society's map. What others don't know about it is what makes it yours.

It would not do to tell other people, not just because they wouldn't believe but because they wouldn't care.

I once heard about some millionaire who had a stolen Rembrandt in his basement where no one but him could see it. I could understand that guy. I don't mean that Arnie was a Rembrandt, or even a world-class wit, but I could understand the attraction of knowing about something good ... something that was good but still a secret.

There's a door in the wall. The door is covered with ivy. The ivy is dead. She waits.

Any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society's map. What others don't know about it is what makes it yours.

It hurt. It hurt like hell. But it didn't matter, if no one knew.

I figure the more people think I'm just mildly weird, the less likely they are to know how weird I really am.

The things I do are known to the world, but why I do them is my secret alone.

Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we love.

That I am your heart's secret fills me with song. I wish I could sing of you here in my cage. You are my heart's hidden poem. I reread you, memorize you every moment we're apart.