Hidden Quotes

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History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang. — R. Scott Bakker
I believe that in judging our actions we are more severe than professional judges. We judge not only our actions, but our thoughts, our intentions,… — Anais Nin
Introducing someone as a "Negro poet with a University degree" or again, quite simply, the expression, "a great black poet." These ready-made phrases, which seem… — Frantz Fanon
I do not live happily or comfortably With the cleverness of our times. The talk is all about computers, The news is all about bombs… — Mary Oliver
Pretence about anything sometimes deceives the wisest and shrewdest man, but, however cunningly it is hidden, a child of the meanest capacity feels it and… — Leo Tolstoy
If you're going to decipher a hidden code from a complex set of different mazes, I'm pretty sure you need a girl's brain running the… — James Dashner
In the midst of a foggy field, the answers are hidden But the impossible journey deems them forbidden. The Reaper of Death, the Angel of… — Jessica Sorensen
The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden… — C.S. Lewis
I used to think things were the way they are for a reason, that there was some hidden meaning. I used to think that this… — Delphine de Vigan
His scars were hidden and safe in her hand. — Paolo Giordano
In times of extreme stress, one can often find energy hidden in even the most exhausted areas of the body. — Daniel Handler
When everything seems to be set to show me off as intelligent, the fool I always keep hidden takes over all that I say. — Pablo Neruda
Love is an open secret, the most obvious thing in the world and the most hidden, with no why to how it keeps its mystery. — Rumi
Before I met No I thought that violence meant shouting and hitting and war and blood. Now I know that there can also be violence… — Delphine de Vigan
Things denied, things untold, things hidden and disguised. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Contentment and happiness didn't exist in my life for more than a few moments at a time, and they were really only illusionary. There was… — Sylvia Day
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I stopped watching for ridicule, the scorpion's tail hidden in his words. He said what he meant; he was puzzled if you did not. Some… — Madeline Miller
Our contemporary Western society, in spite of its material, intellectual and political progress, is increasingly less conducive to mental health, and tends to undermine the… — Erich Fromm
...Grandpa's mind had left us, gone wild and wary. When I walked with him I could feel how strange it was. His thoughts swam between… — Louise Erdrich

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