Defense mechanism Quote by Emily Giffin

“I have been invaded by my own secrets and I must try to find out how to live with them.”

— James Broughton

“One could keep open secrets only so well before they became a threat to others.”

— Ted Dekker

“For the first time he perceived that if you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself.  ”

— George Orwell

“I’ve been forced to look at my guiltiest secrets. I’ve cut myself wide open. I am exposed. That is not comfortable. That is not…

— Roxane Gay

“I guess I was used to keeping my secrets to myself.”

— Sarah Tregay

“And while I tell him all my thoughts, I don't always share my secrets.”

— Alex Adams

“...keeping secrets will tear you up inside.”

— Allison Brennan

“And it was a secret thing, of sorts. I have always had a weakness for secrets.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“...the safest way of ensuring that secret information did not leak was not to tell anybody about it.”

— Robert Galbraith

“She guarded herself like a secret.”

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

“You see things that nobody else sees. You can't talk about it because no one will understand. You have to keep secrets, and secrets--…

— Cassandra Clare

“The bonds of silence and protection run deeper, for the moment, than his trust in me.”

— Terrence Real