You can keep it a secret.... But secrets have their own weight, and it can be a very heavy one.

“I was everything I was ever asked to be, and as my reward my life was burned to…”

“It's very advanced of you to have accepted my mortality so fatalistically.”

“Jem--Jem is all the better part of myself. I would not expect you to understand…”

“The Silent brothers are doing nude cartwheels in the hallways”