“The only way to retrieve a secret, once known, is to replace it with a lie.”

“Secrets have power over us. Only when secrets are revealed can truth be known and freedom brought about.”

“When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.”

“It is only a certain type of mind that scorns what is known by all and reads secrets as jewels.”

“Christ is known only by them that receive Him into their love, their faith, their deep want; known only as He is enshrined within, felt as a Divine force, breathed in the inspirations of the secret life.”

“Violence can only be concealed by a Lie, & the Lie can only be maintained by Violence…. Any man, who has once proclaimed Violence as his Method, is inevitably forced to take the Lie as his Principle”

“THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONTROL PEOPLE IS TO LIE TO THEM. You can write that down in your book in great big letters. The only way you can control anybody is to lie to them.”

“Through all this horror my cat stalked unperturbed. Once I saw him monstrously perched atop a mountain of bones, and wondered at the secrets that might lie behind his yellow eyes.”

“A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided—it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again.”

“… the only way to keep your secrets safe is to have none at all…”