“What must be remembered in any case is that secret complicity that joins the logical and the everyday to the tragic.” SecretCasesEverydayRememberedTragicLogicalComplicity Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“Adultery is in most cases a theft in the dark. At such moments almost every woman betrays her husband's innermost secrets; becomes a Delilah who discloses to a stranger, discloses to her lover, the mysteries of her husband's strength or weakness. What seems to me treason is, not that women give themselves, but that a woman is prone, when she does so, to justify herself to herself by uncovering her husband's nakedness, exposing it to the inquisitive and scornful gaze of a stranger.” GivingDoeMomentsSeemsDarkSecretCasesMysteryLoversHusbandWeaknessStrangerJustifyBetrayAdulteryTheftTreasonExposingInquisitiveUncovering Book:Stories and Legends Source: Stories and Legends
“Take the happiest man, the one most envied by the world, and in nine cases out of ten his inmost consciousness is one of failure. Either his ideals in the line of his achievements are pitched far higher than the achievements themselves, or else he has secret ideals of which the world knows nothing, and in regard to which he inwardly knows himself to be found wanting.” KnowsMenWorldFoundLinesSecretConsciousnessCasesFailureHigherTenAchievementIdealsRegardNineEnviedHappiest Man Book:Writings, 1902-1910 Source: Writings, 1902-1910
“We're definitely in an era where the government wants to keep more secrets and it wants to come after anyone who's exposing those secrets and in many cases exposing government illegality. They're coming after the journalists and they're coming after the whistleblowers. It's not a good sign if the government is expending much energy trying to find out who journalists are talking to.” IfsWantTryingGovernmentEnergySecretTalkingCasesErasJournalistExposingWhistleblowers Author:Laura Poitras
“Superficial to understand the journal as just a receptable for one's private, secret thoughts - like a confidante who is deaf, dumb, and illiterate. In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself. ... The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather - in many cases - offers an alternative to it.” PersonsDoeSecretCasesRecordsOffersIndependentAlternativesDumbDaily LifeVehicleJournalSuperficialAlasDeafSense Of SelfIlliterateJournalingKeeping A JournalSecret Thoughts Author:Susan Sontag
“Most loverspicture to themselves, in their mistresses, a secret reality, beyond and different from what they see every day. They are in love with somebody else--their own invention. And sometimes there is a secret reality; and sometimes reality and appearance are the same. The discovery, in either case, is likely to cause a shock.” LoveDifferentSometimesRealityCausesSecretCasesDiscoveryAppearanceInventionShockMistressDisillusionment Author:Aldous Huxley
“In the vast majority of cases the secret society symbolism hearkens from two places - Ireland and Egypt.” TwoSecretCasesMajorityIrelandEgyptSymbolismSecret Society Author:Michael Tsarion
“John Edwards is a tragic case of a man who ran for President when he should have joined the Secret Service.” MenShouldPresidentSecretCasesShould HaveRanTragicServiceSecret Service Author:Andy Borowitz
“It wouldn't be bad to have the Secret Service keeping an eye on my teenage daughter. I personally am not troubled by the fact that there would be a couple of big guys with earpieces beside her, just in case.” FactsBigsWould BeEyeGuySecretCasesCoupleDaughterTeenageSecret ServiceBig GuysTeenage Daughter Author:Marco Rubio
“It is no secret that many Islamic movements in the Middle East tend to be authoritarian, and some of the so-called 'Islamic regimes' such as Saudi Arabia, Iran - and the worst case was the Taliban in Afghanistan - they are pretty authoritarian. No doubt about that.” SecretCasesDoubtMiddleWorstMovementEastNo DoubtIslamicIranAfghanistanRegimesMiddle EastTalibanArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Mustafa Akyol