143 Quotes About Secrecy

..[The] disclosure of the incest secret initiates a profound crisis for the family usually...the abuse has been going on for a number of years and has become an integral part of family life. Disclosure disrupts whatever fragile equilibrium has been maintained, jeopardizes the functioning of all family members, increases the likelihood of violent and desperate behavior, and places everyone, but particularly the daughter, at risk for retaliation.

The truth is ugly. It's a demon with razor-sharp teeth and talons that will shred you to bloody little pieces. Their lies are shrouded in beauty, attractive and believable to the average person. But with time, the people blind to the Society's transgressions will witness that pretty layer being ripped away, revealing the demon that's coming for them, too.

Very strange things comes to our knowledge in families, miss; bless your heart, what you would think to be phenomenons, quite ... Aye, and even in gen-teel families, in high families, in great families ... and you have no idea ... what games goes on!

To refuse to claim your privacy is actually to cede it, either to state trespassing its constitutional restraints or to a "private" business.

...sin loves to grow in secrecy.

Darkness always tries to hide the truth!

Secrets,” Kohler finally said, “are a luxury we can no longer afford.

Ember repeated her mantra in her mind, "there is nothing strange about me," as she stepped out the door. It was a lie, but it was a thought that surfaced whenever she walked out into the open air. She repeated it again, and it rang even more false the second time. The lie was a comfort, nonetheless.

There are springs in the mind from which others cannot drink.