Mask Quotes

729 Mask quotes by 560 unique authors

It was a dance of masks and every mask was perfect because every mask was a real face and every face was a real mask… — Leonard Cohen
It did not seem possible that Wendy Wright had been born out of blood and internal organs like other people. In proximity to her he… — Philip K. Dick
Seven times have I despised my soul: The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one… — Khalil Gibran
Cool superiority as a mask for overflowing insecurity. — Deb Caletti
But she wondered why beautiful things had to be wrapped up with evil history. Or was it the other way around? Maybe the evil history… — Rick Riordan
It was sadness, lostness, and the worst thing about it was the way it seemed like a default—like it was there all the time, and… — Laini Taylor
A mask tells us more than a face. — Oscar Wilde
She was not crying Which surprised me very much But I understand now That she had found places For her melancholy That were behind more… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Blake understood. Treated it like a joke, but he understood. He saw the cracks in society, saw the little men in masks trying to hold… — Alan Moore
Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and… — Hunter S. Thompson
Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. — Hunter S. Thompson
The hardest thing of all is when pain is hidden behind a mask of calm. — Sergei Lukyanenko
Holocausts do not amaze me. Rapes and child slavery do not amaze me. And Franklin, I know you feel otherwise, but Kevin does not amaze… — Lionel Shriver
I try to imagine keeping something like that a secret for my whole life. It would be like always wearing a mask over your face,… — Liz Kessler
Her heart was bruised by the kiss, smashed and surprised and unsettled by it. September thought kisses were all nice, sweet things asked for gently… — Catherynne M. Valente
As soon as she was close, she whispered, "you've got to get out of here." "No, you've got to get out of here," he told… — Ally Carter
Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. That is the tragedy of language my… — Orson Scott Card
Masks are the order of the day - and the least I can do is cultivate the illusion that I am gay, serene, not hollow… — Sylvia Plath
I felt the mask crumple, the great poisonous store of corrosive ashes begin to spew out of my mouth. — Sylvia Plath
God, it was good to let go, let the tight mask fall off, and the bewildered, chaotic fragments pour out. It was the purge, the… — Sylvia Plath
You people always hold onto old identities, old faces and masks, long after they've served their purpose. But you've got to learn to throw things… — Neil Gaiman
I became simply a pair of eyes, staring through my mask at Char. I needed no ears because I was too far off to hear… — Gail Carson Levine
We mask our needs as the needs of others. — Terry Tempest Williams
Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask. — Agatha Christie

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