From out of nowhere, Phury felt an overwhelming tide of guilt, like someone had popped the lid off all
his deepest concerns and his fears for the future of the race. He had to respond to it, couldn't bear the
pressure.
Riding the wave, he found himself saying in a rush, "We live and die for our kind. The species is our first
and only concern. We fight every night and count the jars of thelessers we kill. Stealth is the way we
protect the civilians. The less they know about us, the safer they are. That is why we disappeared.
Stichwörter: secrecy duty sacrifice black-dagger-brotherhood phury
Privacy - like eating and breathing - is one of life's basic requirements.
Katherine NevilleAll violations of essential privacy are brutalizing.
Katharine Fullerton GerouldTension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.
Criss JamiStichwörter: truth honesty man lies peace war mankind lying secrecy force run dishonesty bitterness resistance repression dangerous tension pressure suppression feuds rivalry
Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.
Criss JamiStichwörter: truth honesty pain thought lie lying secrets secrecy thinkers torture dishonesty confusion aggravation contemplation never concealment provoke hardcore
The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it; for, however absurd it may be thought to boast an honour by an act which shows that it was conferred without merit, yet most men seem rather inclined to confess the want of virtue than of importance.
Samuel JohnsonStichwörter: vanity self-importance secrecy trustworthiness
It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity.
Criss JamiStichwörter: fear strength judgment security secrecy guilt uncertainty afraid strength-of-character discernment insecurity burden strength-and-courage insecure secure being-strong
Very strange things comes to our knowledge in families, miss; bless your heart, what you would think to be phenomenons, quite ... Aye, and even in gen-teel families, in high families, in great families ... and you have no idea ... what games goes on!
Charles DickensStichwörter: society detection mysteries secrets secrecy detectives family-life families victorian-society gentility hidden-guilt hidden-shame
Women are better at keeping secrets, but men are more comfortable with them
Stephen KingAn execution carried out in secrecy is no better than lynching from a dry branch.
Loren D. EstlemanStichwörter: secrecy execution
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