“The heart cherishes secrets not worth the telling”
Foamfollower in Lord Foul's Bane, quoting the Elohim
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“If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell.”
Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian
Telling the Truth (1977)
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Source: La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind) (2001)
“A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.”
Diane Arbus (1923–1971) American photographer and author
Source: Estrin, James, Diane Arbus, 1923-1971, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-diane-arbus.html, 6 November 2018, The New York Times, 8 March 2018]
Diane Arbus: Revelations. New York: Random House, 2003. ISBN 0-375-50620-9.
Ault, Alicia, A Window into the World of Diane Arbus: Photographs from the portfolio, "A box of 10," reveal photographer's secrets, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/window-world-diane-arbus-180968861/, 13 November 2018, Smithsonian, 24 April 2018
“Photography is all about secrets. The secrets we all have and will never tell.”
Kim Edwards book The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Source: The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Bryan Adams (1959) Canadian singer-songwriter
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You, written by Bryan Adams, Mutt Lange, and Michael Kamen
Song lyrics, Waking Up the Neighbours (1991)
“Laila: Tell your secrets to the wind but don't blame it for telling the trees.”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
Source: A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)