secrets

Secrets have an unfortunate way of spreading far beyond those they were intended for.

You wanted to belong. The problem was, no matter how well you kept your secret, the very fact of having one was enough to separate you from everyone else.

My body was a Pandora__ box of aches and pains. When Grandpa died all the ailments came jumping out. I was forever twitching and shaking. I had a persistent sore throat and had difficulty swallowing except when I was taking nips from my illicit cocktail. I was constantly constipated, holding everything in _ a disorder that had started when I was two years old. It burned when I passed urine, and my migraines were so severe it felt on occasions as if I were going blind.

Of what is concealed can also be revealed.

If it could come about that each of us were to describe his innermost secrets __ecrets which one would hesitate to tell not only to people at large, but even to one__ closest friends, nay, to fear to admit even to one__ own self - the world would be filled with such a stench that each one of us would choke to death. That__ why, speaking in parenthesis, all our social conventions and niceties are so beneficial.

The reason people fear to confide in anyone is that even an internal friend can make personal details external, and it will remain eternal.

Oh, my father, such a difficult man.His world turned on his axis.From "The Father Tamer" in BREATHE IN

Secrets were never good. They were supposed to protect people, but they never did. They always made things worse.

I guess that__ the way secrets are. They__e only heavy when you__e holding them. As soon as you let go, the significance of keeping those secrets hidden blows away and everything falls into place.

Ritualised child sexual abuse is about abuse of power, control and secrecy. Ten years ago many people found it difficult to believe that fathers actually raped their children, yet survivors of such abuses spoke out and eventually began to be listened to and believed. Ritual abuse survivors, when they try to speak out about their experiences, face denial and disbelief from society and often fear for their lives from the abusers.

You are a man with secrets...and I plan to know them all.

The secret is in realizing your internal gifts and then setting them free.

Secrets have a cost, they are not for free.

If you want to know the outcome of a game before the game has even started, you need to control each side.

There are some secrets darker than witchcraft." - Aunt Dora

Yes, I just_ Should I be honest and sound like a complete loser? Oh why the hell not? __ have not had a kiss like that in a while._ I licked my lips.He looked me dead in the eye. __ood._ A wave of silence crashed over us. I didn__ know what to say to that. __ell, I better get going. See you soon?__ nodded dumbly. __mm-hmm._ He smiled and began to walk away. I couldn__ just let him go! __eclan!__e turned. __es, Cake?__ome on, brain! Think of something! __hat should I wear? I mean, what kind of place is Shellshock?_ Yes, yes, that was fine_ damage averted.__alifornia casual.___h, ok._ I think I knew what that meant. Spend three hours getting ready to make it look like you just threw any-ol_-thing on. __ave a nice night.__e flicked his head my way. __ou too._ Then he was gone.And then I was sad.It was ridiculous. Preposterous, even. I was going to have to come clean about the ring- eventually. I hoped he didn__ bring it up because I would probably tell the poor guy my life story to get to why the ring he bought meant so much to me.

The secret parts of this city never ceased to amaze me.

For the first time he perceived that if you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself. You must know all the while that it is there, but until it is needed you must never let it emerge into your consciousness in any shape that could be given a name.