--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Father lied. The knowledge tasted bitter…" description: "\"“Father lied. The knowledge tasted bitter on her tongue. She folded the orb into a scarf she’d brought. It didn’t conceal its light, but it was better ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/jennifer-m-zeiger-2-88268_dark-fantasy_father-lied-the-knowledge-tasted-bitter_1065181.jpg" --- # Father lied. The knowledge tasted bitter on her tongue… ![“Father lied. The knowledge tasted bitter on her tongue. She folded the orb into a scarf she’d brought. It didn’t conceal its light, but it was better than carrying the orb through the halls exposed.” quote by Jennifer M. Zeiger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/jennifer-m-zeiger-2-88268_dark-fantasy_father-lied-the-knowledge-tasted-bitter_1065181.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/jennifer-m-zeiger-2-88268_dark-fantasy_father-lied-the-knowledge-tasted-bitter_1065181.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/jennifer-m-zeiger-2-88268_dark-fantasy_father-lied-the-knowledge-tasted-bitter_1065181.jpg) > ““Father lied. The knowledge tasted bitter on her tongue. She folded the orb into a scarf she’d brought. It didn’t conceal its light, but it was better than carrying the orb through the halls exposed.”” [Jennifer M. Zeiger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A child hides a luminous orb in a scarf, protecting its light while acknowledging its power cannot be fully concealed. **In simple terms:** Protecting something precious yet visible. Key Takeaway Guard what matters, even if seen. Themes protection light secrecy youth Mood mysterious hopeful Type fictional symbolic When to use this quote - family secrets - personal growth - magical realism Key Concepts symbolic object trust visibility Questions to Reflect On - What truths do we hide? - How does concealment change perception? A Different Perspective The orb’s light may still affect others. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Carrying Orb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carrying-orb-2622322/) [Dark fantasy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-fantasy/) [Didn Conceal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/didn-conceal-2622323/) [Fantasy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantasy/) [Father Lied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-lied-826210/) [Lied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lied/) [Lied Knowledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lied-knowledge-2622321/) [Parenting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/) [Short-story-collection](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story-collection/) ## Related quotes > [“Those treasures were stolen from the village they destroyed. The man pulled out a carved wooden horse and the two boys grabbed it at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/those-treasures-were-stolen-from-the-village-they-destroyed-the-man/) [Jennifer M. Zeiger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/) > [If any Question why We Died Tell them because our Father's Lied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-any-question-why-we-died-tell-them-because-our-father-s-lied/) [Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/) > [“I have iced tea, dear. Or beer?” “Maybe a saucer of milk?” Gwen and Alla looked over at Lock and he immediately pointed at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelly-laurenston/i-have-iced-tea-dear-or-beer-maybe-a-saucer-of-milk-gwen-and-alla/) [Shelly Laurenston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelly-laurenston/) > [“I imagine I should have told it to you before? I love you, Sejal.I wish for you to become my wife.Recently I’ve also opened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chayada-welljaipet/i-imagine-i-should-have-told-it-to-you-before-i-love-you-sejal-i-wish/) [Chayada Welljaipet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chayada-welljaipet/) > [“It’s a question of legacy. Who else will do this work but us? The men who rarely include them in retrospectives? The visitors who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dupal/it-s-a-question-of-legacy-who-else-will-do-this-work-but-us-the-men/) [Stephanie Dupal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dupal/) > [“Inside the room there sat a rocker, which she sat on, and which had rocked her while she sipped the beer, because in spite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-dobbs/inside-the-room-there-sat-a-rocker-which-she-sat-on-and-which-had/) [Justin Dobbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-dobbs/) > [“New York City is legendary for sleeping around. There's hot tail everywhere and it's such a big city that two-timing and even three-timing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-love/new-york-city-is-legendary-for-sleeping-around-there-s-hot-tail/) [Zack Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-love/) > [“We should follow every supply that runs into the particular lake below, going upstream in terms of we can. When we do not find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chayada-welljaipet/we-should-follow-every-supply-that-runs-into-the-particular-lake/) [Chayada Welljaipet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chayada-welljaipet/) > [“Oh no, princess. I would never carry out anything which could harm your being. This was just something I was told to say. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chayada-welljaipet/oh-no-princess-i-would-never-carry-out-anything-which-could-harm-your/) [Chayada Welljaipet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chayada-welljaipet/) > [“The only way to know life is living it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-northcutt-young/the-only-way-to-know-life-is-living-it/) [John Northcutt Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-northcutt-young/) > [“When they reached their ship, Ed gazed out at the bay. It was black. The sky was black, but the bay was even blacker.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-zlotchew/when-they-reached-their-ship-ed-gazed-out-at-the-bay-it-was-black-the/) [Clark Zlotchew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-zlotchew/) > [“We were what we had in life, I thought, and I was not sad about it or apologetic for its corniness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-evans/we-were-what-we-had-in-life-i-thought-and-i-was-not-sad-about-it-or/) [Danielle Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-evans/) > [“Thank you father, thank you. I know you watched me from above and protected me. I promise I shall serve the Magnarian Confederation with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chayada-welljaipet/thank-you-father-thank-you-i-know-you-watched-me-from-above-and/) [Chayada Welljaipet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chayada-welljaipet/) > [“I am looking into a silent world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-g-ballard-2/i-am-looking-into-a-silent-world/) [J.G. Ballard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-g-ballard-2/) > [“I hated seeing these spasmodic upside-down chicken heads stretching to puncture my flesh. I imagined once that they reached my groin and pecked out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-troncoso/i-hated-seeing-these-spasmodic-upside-down-chicken-heads-stretching/) [Sergio Troncoso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-troncoso/) ## More by Jennifer M. Zeiger > [“You perform to the lowest level of how you practice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/you-perform-to-the-lowest-level-of-how-you-practice/) [Jennifer M. Zeiger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/) > [“Those treasures were stolen from the village they destroyed. The man pulled out a carved wooden horse and the two boys grabbed it at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/those-treasures-were-stolen-from-the-village-they-destroyed-the-man/) [Jennifer M. Zeiger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/) [Explore all 3 Jennifer M. Zeiger quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/) ## More Dark fantasy quotes > [“Death makes its own choices. Has reasoning an order has a taste…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelo-tsanatelis/death-makes-its-own-choices-has-reasoning-an-order-has-a-taste/) [Angelo Tsanatelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelo-tsanatelis/) > [“Courting a princess does come with a few perks. Such as an immortal madwoman chasing us to the ends of the realm." "Yeah… Sorry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-v-wilson/courting-a-princess-does-come-with-a-few-perks-such-as-an-immortal/) [K.V. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-v-wilson/) > [“In the end, no one knew how many minds the mask held. The only thing known for certain was that they all hated each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-scott-westby/in-the-end-no-one-knew-how-many-minds-the-mask-held-the-only-thing/) [Daniel Scott Westby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-scott-westby/) > [“I serve no one who pretends to be a God!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-broady/i-serve-no-one-who-pretends-to-be-a-god/) [Angel S. Broady](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-broady/) > [The plan was to drink until the pain is over, But what's worse, the pain or the hangover?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kanye-west/the-plan-was-to-drink-until-the-pain-is-over-but-what-s-worse-the/) [Kanye West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kanye-west/) > [“So exquisitely perfect was the darkness of the heavens above that one would have difficulty believing it was a prison to the passengers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/micheal-rivers/so-exquisitely-perfect-was-the-darkness-of-the-heavens-above-that-one/) [Micheal Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/micheal-rivers/) > [“Ah". Tzimisces smiled. "Let me guess. Flowery periphrases, back-to-back literary allusions and quotations from thousand-year-old authors. A marked reluctance to use one word when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-parker/ah-tzimisces-smiled-let-me-guess-flowery-periphrases-back-to-back/) [K.J. Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-parker/) > [“Being afraid of building bonds because of the hurt you felt from those who betrayed your trust before, is a foolish sentiment. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imania-margria/being-afraid-of-building-bonds-because-of-the-hurt-you-felt-from/) [Imania Margria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imania-margria/) > [Look at life through the wrong end of the telescope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/look-at-life-through-the-wrong-end-of-the-telescope/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [“Those secrets residing in their hearts and minds held magnificent Energy. Humans were too inept to see it as anything but evil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auden-johnson/those-secrets-residing-in-their-hearts-and-minds-held-magnificent/) [Auden Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auden-johnson/) > [“Men like him didn't cry, they bled memory.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raphael-strauss/men-like-him-didn-t-cry-they-bled-memory/) [Raphael Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raphael-strauss/) > [“I don’t know. How can you know? I…I’m a monster. When I’m hungry, I might do anything." "Oh no, of course I couldn’t possibly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-hardinge/i-don-t-know-how-can-you-know-i-i-m-a-monster-when-i-m-hungry-i-might/) [Frances Hardinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-hardinge/) > [“If you're always worried about crushing the ants beneath you... you won't be able to walk.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kentaro-miura/if-you-re-always-worried-about-crushing-the-ants-beneath-you-you-won/) [Kentaro Miura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kentaro-miura/) > [“Just then a familiar voiced spoke right in to Stephens’s ear which startled him as his eyes once again began slowly opening. “Don’t try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-peeling/just-then-a-familiar-voiced-spoke-right-in-to-stephens-s-ear-which/) [Gary Peeling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-peeling/) > [“Time is tick, tick, ticking away. How many souls will I capture today? Will they be a challenge or will they be given? Only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-k-kuykendall/time-is-tick-tick-ticking-away-how-many-souls-will-i-capture-today/) [A.K. Kuykendall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-k-kuykendall/) [Browse all 125 Dark fantasy quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-fantasy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Father lied. The knowledge tasted bitter on her tongue. She folded the orb into a scarf she’d brought. It didn’t conceal its light, but it was better than carrying the orb through the halls exposed.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jennifer M. Zeiger" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/father-lied-the-knowledge-tasted-bitter-on-her-tongue-she-folded-the/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Dark fantasy" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/father-lied-the-knowledge-tasted-bitter-on-her-tongue-she-folded-the/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/jennifer-m-zeiger-2-88268_dark-fantasy_father-lied-the-knowledge-tasted-bitter_1065181.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/jennifer-m-zeiger-2-88268_dark-fantasy_father-lied-the-knowledge-tasted-bitter_1065181.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/jennifer-m-zeiger-2-88268_dark-fantasy_father-lied-the-knowledge-tasted-bitter_1065181.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Father lied. The knowledge tasted bitter on her tongue. She folded the orb into a scarf she’d brought. It…” — Jennifer M. Zeiger", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Jennifer M. Zeiger", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“Father lied. The knowledge tasted bitter...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/father-lied-the-knowledge-tasted-bitter-on-her-tongue-she-folded-the/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-m-zeiger-2/father-lied-the-knowledge-tasted-bitter-on-her-tongue-she-folded-the/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```