Quotes About Secrecy

The problem is that the dictator of the tonal wants to eliminate the mystery of life.

Beware of shadows bearing gifts.

There were many kinds of freedom, and the most precious ones were secret.

An assassin should never see the face behind the victim's mask.

I will aknowledge that the matter is a secret but not one of my own, so I shall freely speak of it

The measure of the perfect theft is when the victim remains blissfully unaware that he or she has been stolen from.

Quick Ben. You snake-eyed shifty know-it-all bastard from the bung-hole of Seven Cities. I never liked you. Never trusted you, even when I had to. The things you know about, why I—

Bugg's Construction will be the first major enterprise to collapse.' 'And how many will it drag down with it?' 'No telling. Three, maybe four.' 'I thought you said there was no telling.' 'So don't tell anyone.' 'Good idea. Bugg

Stay away from the government.

anything you do in the dark. In other words, it's any act that you try to hide from others. So, what kind of person are you when the shades are drawn? That's really the question. "Integrity," as Dr. Werjonic used to say, "has no private life." But, of course, no one has complete integrity because everyone has things to hide. All of us act differently when no one is watching.

All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal.

One August day a few years back, my friend Dan Bogan and I spent a whole day up on a hill that was shaped like a woman's chest. We were hiding in the cleavage, out of sight.

The rule was "No autopsy, no foul."

Theirs was a private language, not shared with the rest of the world, and so exempt from censure, sheer burlesque.

esse querido plano interior; o segredo da felicidade é não termos escrúpulos para connosco e termos o máximo de atenções para com todos os outros; de resto, o próprio tempo disse já adeus a todos os piratas da alma

Aninka had no idea what she had been mixed up in, poor child. Neither did Enniel have any intention of enlightening her too fully. She would not understand the implications, and might prove obstructive to his aims.

You look furtive, my dear. I hope you haven't done any interfering in that quarter as well.

Rav enjoyed having a hidden life, which others knew nothing about. He looked forward to the meetings in the old dark chamber and the powerful and beautiful words Tatrini was teaching them. He enjoyed the shivery feelings that coursed through his body and made the hairs on his arms stand up.

All he saw of the house, as Taropat carried him through its dim-lit rooms, were picture fragments: a high-backed chair: a tilted painting of a frowning face: the gleam of a crystal ball on a cluttered table; a tattered cloth hung from the ceiling; cracked pain on the walls beside the stairs.

I know all! All! But Ays, my pretty smalling, can you pluck the knowledge from my breast, my brow? No! I cannot bestow such priveleges with abandon.

She visualised an image of dark, shady hallways, where fans turned slowly on the ceiling, parting the thick smoke of hashish; dark eyes behind a lattice, the low chuckle of feminine laughter, the swish of light cotton against polished floors. Such a strange summoning.

She smiled at me in a distinctly secretive way. Sacramantas were like that; secretive, and it seemed the secrets were of the most delicious kind.

She was wary of her father, for she had seen him kill, but for her mother she reserved a quiet terror, blended with awe and a sliver of love. Although Amytis had never raised a hand against her, and rarely spoke sharply, the girl appreciated that, given the opportunity, Amytis was capable of being far more deadly than her husband.

Othman told me things about us-he thinks, or knows, there's something different about us. He wants us, Lil. Don't flatter yourself he's in love with you, or anything. He wants more than that-from both of us. So don't go falling for him. It could be dangerous.