Skip to content

Course Quote by Lee Smith

“this point I could not show myself, of course, or all would” quote by Lee Smith — Download Open image

““this point I could not show myself, of course, or all would””

About This Quote

Source Novel: Unknown, null

A cryptic line suggesting self-censorship or hidden truth.

In simple terms: Holding back truth to avoid consequences.

Key Takeaway

Consider when honesty is risky.

Themes

truth self-censorship consequence literature

Mood

thoughtful introspective

Type

literary philosophical

When to use this quote

personal confessions
legal testimony
creative writing
public speaking

Key Concepts

psychology ethical dilemma narrative tension

Questions to Reflect On

When is it necessary to conceal truth?
What are the costs of self-censorship?

A Different Perspective

Silencing oneself can erode authenticity.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (10 ratings)

Course Point Point Course

More by Lee Smith

“And I belive I am too, and if you think that is awful, then you dont understand a thing.”

Image

Certainly I was a very religious child, a deeply weird and very emotional child, an only child with lots of imaginary friends and a…

Image

I have always been interested in religion, especially in forms of ecstatic religion, where people are touched directly by the Spirit and go completely…

Image

Born Virginia Marshall but nicknamed Gig, my mother was a home economics teacher who had come all the way across the whole state of…

Image

I had always dreamed of living in Chapel Hill. When I was a college student at Hollins University in Virginia, I came down to…

Image

I think what happens to young writers is that they use up every life experience that they have had up to that point for…

Image

I am so sorry to see the state of reading in such decline. I think it says something really scary and terrible about us…

Image

“...for in the world of the mad, time is not a continuum but a fluid, shifting place, relative to nothing.”

Image

“For once I am living my life rather than watching it pass in review.”

Image

“I had before me an object lesson, I thought: two ways to face the world. One way as embodied by this old woman—simple, unassuming,…

Image

“Is any story not always the narrator's story, in the end?”

Image

“My belief is that we have only one life, that this is all there is.”

Image

Explore all 43 Lee Smith quotes

More Course quotes

Of course I want to be on the floor in the fourth.

Image

I've always been a believer in research. It's great to have an instinctual human reaction to a character, too, of course, but it has…

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Image

Of course, I always loved fashion - and I was always the tallest one and the skinniest one, so that helped.

Image

I really think there's no difference between an art piece made by a man and one made by a woman. Is it a good…

Marina Abramovic

Image

Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within…

Image

I learn something new about the game almost every time I step on the course.

Image

“Kim's right of course”

Image

The U.S.-China relationship, of course, has elements of both cooperation and competition.

Thomas E. Donilon

Image

A lot of times, my work is looked at very much on the surface. It's very easy to just want to put something in…

Image

Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.

Kacey Musgraves

Image

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Image

I'm glad women's sprinting is taking the course it is.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Image

Browse all 1,900 Course quotes