#secret

The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before - but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever. As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off, the children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on. ↗

— Enid Blyton

#enchanting #haze #island #june #mysterious

The secret and the sacred are sisters. When the secret is not respected, the sacred vanishes. Consequently, reflection should not shine too severe or aggressive a light on the world of the soul. ↗

— John O'Donohue

#reflection #sacred #secret #shine #soul

You know, you've never really cared about anyone," he said. "But someday you will, and it's going to hurt. It's going to hurt a lot. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#night-world #secret

For I did not want him to see, or to question me, for here contains already secrets, and my secrets are my fortune and my sanity. ↗

— Sebastian Barry

#scripture

When you were sleeping on the sofa I put my ear to your ear and listened to the echo of your dreams. That is the ocean I want to dive in, merge with the bright fish, plankton and pirate ships. I walk up to people on the street that kind of look like you and ask them the questions I would ask you. Can we sit on a rooftop and watch stars dissolve into smoke rising from a chimney? Can I swing like Tarzan in the jungle of your breathing? I don’t wish I was in your arms, I just wish I was peddling a bicycle toward your arms. ↗

— Jeffrey McDaniel

#the-secret #dreams

The thing about secrets is they keep you in a prison. Once you share, WHOOSH, there is a release. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

#abuse

If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#gossip #secrets #gossip

Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on. ↗

— China Miéville

#secrets #stories #gossip

To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #dignity #feelings #hide #literature

...the secret to writing is to get your own pain - shout it out till it hurts your throat - weep it into your pillow - then write it down ... ↗

— John Geddes

#weeping #writing-from-the-heart #writing-process #writing-secrets #writing-process