Bears Quote by Cornelia Funke

When a child knows there's a secret, they don't know what it is, but they know it's there, and they know they're being lied…

— Julia Garner

When you're a kid, it's hard to tell the innocuous secrets from the ones that will kill you if you keep them.

— Karen Russell

“Adults, in their dealing with children, are insane," he [Ed Ricketts] said. "And children know it too. Adults lay down rules they would not…

— John Steinbeck

When a child keeps asking you to tell him/her a story, what they instinctively really want to know -- is their true purpose and…

— Suzy Kassem

It's kind of part of human nature to want to know the truth or want to be in on the secret. For stories that…

— Mireille Enos

Children know from a remarkably early age that things are being kept from them, that grown-ups participate in a world of mysteries.

— Anthony Hecht

Parents can learn that parental authority doesn't depend on knowing everything. The more you pretend, the more risk that it'll be traumatic and damaging…

— Seymour Papert

The idea that certain things in life - and in the universe - don't yield up their secrets is something that requires a slightly…

— Samuel R. Delany

Secrets are actually the Truth, embedded by Fear, which is protected by Silence, and when infiltrated, ends up being defended by Lies.

— Nishan Panwar

If our children were to grow up truthful they much be taught by those who had a regard for truth; and not just a…

— Amy Carmichael

When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren't expressing their true feelings. When adults…

— Wallace Shawn

You can't just keep telling a story the same way over and over again. And I think it only helps the world to be…

— Josh Trank