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“This was a new skill she'd acquired, the ability to look, to the outside world, utterly serene and even cheerful, while, in her skull, all was chaos.” ?  Dave Eggers,  The Circle

“All friends have secrets. We're like three-dimensional shapes on paper; we all have hidden sides. And there's some secrets we don't even reveal to ourselves.” ?  Nenia Campbell

“I can love who I think you are Or you can allow yourself To be yourself So that I can love YOU.” ?  Kate McGahan

“I want to be both pathetic and admirable, I want to be at the same time a child and an adult. Thereby I gamble, I take a risk: for it is always possible that the other will simply ask no question whatever about these unaccustomed glasses; that the other will see, in the fact, no sign.” ?  Roland Barthes

“She's been used to hiding her feelings for so long, no wonder her manner can be a little awkward.” ?  Sophie Kinsella

“I cannot understand what you do not say.” ?  Kate McGahan

“If you let them see your heart, do not complain when they tear it apart.” ?  Ella Fields

“What are you hiding? Is it something from others, or from yourself. Find your truth. The more you show up, the more you'll be found.” ?  Brittany Burgunder

“I don't want to hide. I don't want to be alone. I don't want to wander off into the desert in shame and die and become vulture food. Or end up keeling over just because I'm too self-conscious to leave the house. Cause of Death: Unnecessary Loneliness.” ?  Anne Clendening

“Let innocence be your mask. Let your beauty hide your heart. Let your enemies count you a friend. Let no one see your true self.” ?  Roseanna White

“Though we sometimes suspect that people are hiding things from us, it is not until we are in love that we feel an urgency to press our inquiries, and in seeking answers, we are apt to discover the extent to which people disguise and conceal their real selves.” ?  Alain de Botton

“The two most common lies in our world are 'I'm fine' and 'You'll be okay'. They are said without harmful intent, and often said in an attempt to placate worries, but still they tell us it is not our place to make another person uncomfortable or to draw too much attention to ourselves. Over and over, we mindlessly repeat variations of the same two phrases as we hide within our lies and attempt to spare others from the miserable truth. I'm fine. I'm okay. You're fine. You'll be okay. Everything will be all right. We become our lies, but only on the surface. Underneath, we are not fine and they will not be okay. We all know this but we're afraid to speak it.” ?  Courtney M

“So much like the moon, we show the world only one and veil our many faces...even from the sun.” ?  Jason Versey

“I had assumed that a boy who loved me so intensely was full of happiness, love, and light so that he was free of his own demons and pain. My assumption was entirely wrong.” ?  Maddy Kobar

“Her head had turned quickly away...Not to hide her tears but to soften the fact of their absence.” ?  Gregory Maguire

“Why do some hide what is part of them when only what they seem to be is worse?” ?  Jasmin Morin

“What he feared most was that all this hiding had made it impossible for him to ever be found again.” ?  John Corey Whaley

“Everything does not happen for a reason. Believing this does not ease the pain for anyone. It hides it.” ?  RJ Blizzard

“Hearts do not hide in the shadows unless they want to be found.” ?  Marty Rubin

“Um, well, I’ve been working out with Alex. Today just happened to be right after our workout,” Craig admits finally. “Really,” I say dripping with sarcasm. “And you failed to mention this earlier? You ran off so abruptly for your tryst. I should’ve suspected something illicit was occurring.” Alex erupts in laughter looking at Craig. “You didn’t tell her.” ?  Isabelle Joshua

“I put myself away. I came up with the great vanishing system, in which I could retreat so deep within myself that, though I might still appear the same creature, actually I was very different. I thrust all thoughts and feelings into the depths of me, where they were safe, but in an outward way I became something like an automation.” ?  Edward Carey

“I used to think that was my magic-having the power to see things others couldn't-things they didn't even want to admit to themselves. But all you have to do is open your eyes. My eyes are wide open” ?  Kim Liggett

“Always remember the one who doesn’t handshake, they are the ones you should be extra careful with.” ?  Sarvesh Jain

“I hid all the things I was feeling-- and indeed I did not know what they were, except that all the peace of that autumnal journey was gone” ?  C.S. Lewis

“The moment when you realize no one understands, no one ever did, no one ever will. You were alone, you always will be. But may be, just may be, someone will look up to you someday. And when they do, remember to hide those tearful eyes, to smile and to say - "look, life's so good.” ?  Sanhita Baruah