It generally takes its rise either from an ill-will to mankind, a private inclination to make ourselves esteemed, an ostentation of wit, and vanity of being thought in the secrets of the world; or from a desire of gratifying any of these dispositions of mind in those persons with whom we converse.
Secrets can eat you alive. They break down your soul. It's better to have them in the open
The first best-kept secret of total success is that we must feel love inside ourselves before we can give it to others.
A secret, like a chore, always seems to lead to another, one even more troublesome than the first.
Her partially open lips now opened wide, and her soft, fragrant tongue entered his mouth, where it began a relentless search for unformed words, for a secret code engraved there. Tengo's own tongue responded unconsciously to this movement and soon their tongues were like two young snakes in a spring meadow, newly wakened from their hibernation and hungrily intertwining, each led on by the other's scent.
Please tell me a story about a girl who gets away. " I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. "Gets away from what, though?" "From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn't really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off of the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like 'happy' and 'good' will never find her. " "You don't want her to be happy and good?" "I'm not sure what's really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin.
Insects are my secret fear. That's what terrifies me more than anything - insects.
Being natural is the ultimate secret of our art.
If I'm home alone, I just dance. . . it's my own little secret.
My one main secret I did right after my pageants days, is I only wash my hair once a week. I tell everyone, 'You have to stop washing your hair so much!'
Observed duties maintain our credit; but secret duties maintain our life.
The most important secret of salesmanship is to find out what the other fellow wants, then help him find the best way to get it
The secret of masonry is to keep a secret.
Irish fiction is full of secrets, guilty pasts, divided identities. It is no wonder that there is such a rich tradition of Gothic writing in a nation so haunted by history.
How can you be that which you possess? You cannot be the horse and rider at the same time. Herein lies the secret of mortality and immortality.
But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you.
I don't fear failure because if you don't fail, you would not know the secret of success.
Look within!. . . The secret is inside you.
The secret is this. You make your own happiness.
Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them.