Bad thing Quote by Jeanne Birdsall

“Early in my life, I learned to eavesdrop. I was driven to this ignoble practice because people seldom told me anything worth knowing.”

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

“So she forgave him. And instead she berated herself for her suspicion, for her snooping. For the things she promised herself she wouldn't do,…

— Chris Pavone

“I had learned that secrets were not always a bad thing.”

— Salman Rushdie

“She was ghastly and quite mad, but when I grew up I figured her worst punishment was to be herself and I didn't have…

— Edward St Aubyn

“She had been reprogrammed. She knew how to protect herself from intruders – from me. That was the worst part of it all. I…

— Nicole Sobon

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

— Cristin Terrill

“It was only later that she would remember that the truth did not always set you free. And that you had to be careful…

— Wendy Wax

“People divulge things to you that they would not divulge to anyone else.”

— Melina Marchetta

“She could tell people what to do and sound authoritative, even if underneath it all was a fear of being discovered, found out, a…

— Fiona Davis

“2 - Listen In Eavesdropping, Seriously? Acting like you’re the main character, You have nothing to go on, Grow the fuck up.”

— Apollo Blake

“I’m sorry,” I heard her say. “One gets so used to one’s own horrors, one forgets how they must seem to other people.”

— Diane Setterfield

“This is why she doesn’t put much stock in so-called secrets, or the meaningfulness of untold recollections that become, in their airtight echo chambers,…

— Heidi Julavits