Concealing Quote by Zøe Haslie

“The bored haughty face that she turned to the world concealed something--most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning--”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“It was respect she had for feelings, how she believed it was inimical to the soul to deny them.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

“Once she was face to face with the people who led the way their silence was unnerving. No one seemed to speak. They looked…

— Victoria Hislop

“Now and then she looked harassed by her own potential, like certain young people, and you might notice then the way a stillness spread…

— Nic Pizzolatto

“Trapped, cutting herself against the jagged edges of her emotions, she was a prisoner of her own spirit.”

— Leigh Hershkovich

“Sometimes she wondered if those who felt too deeply were the ones who, when hurt, shut down their emotions even tighter than others.”

— Christy Reece

“She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might…

— Graham Greene

“But it was during those periods of silence — completely comfortable silence, finally — that she discovered that sometimes someone else had to show…

— A.J. Sand

“She was furious that I had seen her true form, horrified and embarrassed that I had stripped her disguise away and seen the creature…

— Jim Butcher

“It was hard to accept that she had almost no feelings, maybe none at all, for me as a man. This hurt so bad…

— Haruki Murakami

“She had so much to give, but no one to give it to. She buried all those messy, writhing emotions deep in a hidden…

— Jennifer Probst

“He loved her through every face of love. To her, the faces must have seemed like facades, but one continuous truth joined them.”

— M. Pierce