Abuse Quote by Bessel A. van der Kolk

“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself.”

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

“You understand it's not a matter of strategy. I'm not talking about secrets or deceptions. I'm talking about being yourself. If you reveal everything,…

— Don DeLillo

“but I don’t believe anyone should know everything about you. As long as you’re self-aware, it’s okay to keep some of your strengths and…

— Lilly Singh

“I protect myself by refusing to know myself.”

— Floriano Martins

“Is it still a secret if nobody cares if having the knowledge in no way impairs”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“Write what you know, and what do you know better than your own secrets?”

— Raymond Carver

“They say knowledge is power. And it is! Once you better understand what you fear, you can face it head-on with confidence.”

— Courtney Vail

“If there's one thing I've learned, it's that people are bad at keeping secrets, and eventually everything shows.”

— Cristin Terrill

“Do you wonder that I avow this to you? Know, that in the course of your future life you will often find yourself elected…

— Charlotte Bronte

“The costs of keeping secrets include our growing isolation due to fear of detection and the ways we shut down inside to avoid feeling…

— Sharon Salzberg

“I'm an expert at finding out secrets, but keeping them- especially a secret of this magnitude - is something else.”

— Hannah Harrington

“Our discreditable secret is that we don't know anything at all, and our horrid inner secret is that we don't care that we don't.”

— Dylan Thomas