#secret

I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval version of myself. . . ↗

— Jennifer Haigh

#companionship #family #growing-up #secrets #sisters

It is not true that women cannot keep secrets. Where they love, they can be trusted to death and beyond, against all sense and reason. It is their weakness, and their great strength. ↗

— Mary Stewart

#death

I open my heart to her and lay it on the table. ↗

— Jennifer Haigh

#family-secrets #mothers-and-daughers #religion #faith

Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#life #remember #secret #life

I've never thought much about whether I was happy or if I had fun as a child. I was a so-so girl who lived with a so-so family in a so-so village. I didn't know that there might be another way to live, and I didn't worry about it either. But I remember the day I began to notice and think about what was around me. I had just turned five and felt as though I had crossed a big threshold. I woke up before dawn with something like a tickle in my brain. That bit of irritation made me alert to everything I saw and experienced that day. ↗

— Lisa Lee

#family

If a man truly loves, he gives no heed to what others may think. His heart has no room for that, for it is filled to the brim with the unutterable truth of his feelings. ↗

— Juliet Marillier

#friendship #love #paula #romance #stoyan

It was almost comforting, this mutual acceptance of our secrets. ↗

— Kiera Cass

#secrets #friendship

A true friend is a light in the dark. Viven ↗

— Kate Morton

#kate-morton #the-secret-keeper #friendship

I'm scared, all right?" I said. I could feel my stomach churn as my gaze rested on the wooden trunk. Nathan turned my chin, looking at me with an expression of utter sincerity. "You don't have to be. I'm here. ↗

— Markelle Grabo

#fantasy #friendship #nathan #ramsey #secrets

This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike. ↗

— Jacqueline Carey

#death #secret #death