“The shadows: some hide, others reveal.”

“The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself; but is the Theist any other? Well, perhaps; for he has seen the shadow of God and clutched at it.”

Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet

“Honey what reveals you is what you hide away.”

St. Vincent (musician) (1982) American singer-songwriter

“Everything meant something, still, some meanings were revealed sooner than others. And that some were seemingly never revealed in no way disproved the fact.”

Avram Davidson (1923–1993) novelist

“Somebody's out to get you
Hiding in the shadows
Poison arrows!
Somebody's out to break you
Hiding in narrows
Poison arrows!”

Mike Oldfield (1953) English musician, multi-instrumentalist

“Everybody has problems. Some people just hide their crap better than others.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

“What is the main thing in love? To know and to hide. To know about the one you love and to hide that you love. At times the hiding (shame) overpowers the knowing (passion). The passion for the hidden — the passion for the revealed.”

Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941) Russian poet and writer

“The dressmaker doesn't have problems unless the dress has to hide rather than reveal.”

Stefan Zweig book The Post Office Girl

“There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. No secret can be kept in the civilized world. Society is a masked ball where everyone hides his real character, then reveals it by hiding”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“To be treated with mercy, some must reveal their handicaps, while others must conceal them.”

Yahia Lababidi (1973)