“Some secrets are better left at that -as secrets.”
Candace Bushnell book One Fifth Avenue
Source: One Fifth Avenue
“Some secrets, she thought, were better told; some were better left the burden of the carrier, that they might not cause pain to others.”
— Cassandra Clare, book Clockwork Princess
Source: Clockwork Princess
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