1,170 Quotes About Secrets

Unspeakable"--unspeakability?--comes in three varieties.First, that which cannot be said because one does not know it, and therefore cannot say it.Second, that which cannot be spoken because it is culturally impermissible to do so.And third, that which cannot be named because it is impossible, since the language provides no terms, no words to enable articulation.

People will often tell you their secrets if you are a patient listener.

Bearing people’s secret is a tedious job, every time you open your mouth you’ve to remind yourself of everything that isn’t public knowledge.

The simple looking people holds the worst kind of secrets. The secrets which are dreadful enough to keep their sanctity on.

about putting on the light in a dark room. He told me that when we keep secrets they grow inside us, and we can’t see the truth of them anymore.

... The Devil’s Book. The only book in the world she sees in her dreams, daydreams, and nightmares. The only book that may have the secrets of voice, the real ones, and not the boring jargon page after page that only tickles your curiosity and tells you the things you already know.

Steel bands bind my heartTo keep secret and apartThe lost rapportOf magic-memory things...Delft blue butterfly wingsThe sadness verbal silence brings.

But there is a dark side to humans that lurks in the background, and it’s only revealed if you know where to look. Like a shadow that is not always visible, the dark secrets of these men were just hiding beyond the cursory view of their politically correct appearances.

You can’t be close to someone, not truly, with secrets in between you.