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fd9be33	...some secrets beg to be betrayed. The secret of undeclared love is like that.	secret love confront undeclared unspoken betray reveal betrayal desire	Robin Hobb
1e556a2	What is a secret? It is much more than knowledge shared with only a few, or perhaps only one another. It is power. It is a bond. It is a sign of deep trust, or the darkest threat possible. There is power in the keeping of a secret, and power in the revelation of a secret. Sometimes it takes a very wise man to discern which is the path to greater power. All men desirous of power should become collectors of secrets. There is no secret too small to be valuable. All men value their own secrets far above those of others. A scullery maid may be willing to betray a prince before allowing the name of her secret lover to be told.	secret trust betray cultivate decide employ purchase seek-out collect discern reveal use utilize path hide threat knowledge learn power	Robin Hobb
df5a512	When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead.	truth dissemble moron reveal hide lie fool	Robin Hobb
c876c6d	What is a secret? It is much more than knowledge shared with only a few, or perhaps only one another. It is power. It is a bond. It is a sign of deep trust, or the darkest threat possible.... Be very chary of revealing your hoarded secrets. Many lose all power once they have been divulged. Be even more careful of sharing your secrets lest you find yourself a puppet dancing on someone else's strings.	secret trust careful collect discern puppet reveal use utilize wary hide threat power	Robin Hobb
1805996	She knew only too well that the song was a beautiful lie. As soon as kitsch is recognized for the lie it is, it moves into the context of non-kitsch, thus losing its authoritarian power and becoming as touching as any other human weakness. For none among us is superman enough to escape kitsch completely. No matter how we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition.	human beauty authoritarian kitsch human-condition reveal weakness lie power	Milan Kundera
89a1f08	I said, barely able to open my jaw enough to get the words out. Rafe looked surprised at first but seeing my face, that melted away and his own face hardened. He turned to Nicole. he said. she squeaked. Her blue eyes rounded and she flinched, like a whipped puppy seeing a raised hand. Hayley said. I clenched my fists tighter and my face started to throb, as if I was about to shift. I took a deep breath and tried to find clam so I could explain. Nicole said again, tears welling up. Sam said. She turned to the others.	truth nicole rafe sam reveal	Kelley Armstrong

...some secrets beg to be betrayed. The secret of undeclared love is like that.

secret love confront undeclared unspoken betray reveal betrayal desire

Robin Hobb

1e556a2

What is a secret? It is much more than knowledge shared with only a few, or perhaps only one another. It is power. It is a bond. It is a sign of deep trust, or the darkest threat possible. There is power in the keeping of a secret, and power in the revelation of a secret. Sometimes it takes a very wise man to discern which is the path to greater power. All men desirous of power should become collectors of secrets. There is no secret too small to be valuable. All men value their own secrets far above those of others. A scullery maid may be willing to betray a prince before allowing the name of her secret lover to be told.

secret trust betray cultivate decide employ purchase seek-out collect discern reveal use utilize path hide threat knowledge learn power

Robin Hobb

df5a512

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead.

truth dissemble moron reveal hide lie fool

Robin Hobb

c876c6d

What is a secret? It is much more than knowledge shared with only a few, or perhaps only one another. It is power. It is a bond. It is a sign of deep trust, or the darkest threat possible.... Be very chary of revealing your hoarded secrets. Many lose all power once they have been divulged. Be even more careful of sharing your secrets lest you find yourself a puppet dancing on someone else's strings.

secret trust careful collect discern puppet reveal use utilize wary hide threat power

Robin Hobb

1805996

She knew only too well that the song was a beautiful lie. As soon as kitsch is recognized for the lie it is, it moves into the context of non-kitsch, thus losing its authoritarian power and becoming as touching as any other human weakness. For none among us is superman enough to escape kitsch completely. No matter how we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition.

human beauty authoritarian kitsch human-condition reveal weakness lie power

Milan Kundera

89a1f08

I said, barely able to open my jaw enough to get the words out. Rafe looked surprised at first but seeing my face, that melted away and his own face hardened. He turned to Nicole. he said. she squeaked. Her blue eyes rounded and she flinched, like a whipped puppy seeing a raised hand. Hayley said. I clenched my fists tighter and my face started to throb, as if I was about to shift. I took a deep breath and tried to find clam so I could explain. Nicole said again, tears welling up. Sam said. She turned to the others.

truth nicole rafe sam reveal

Kelley Armstrong