James Stephens Quotes

Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

God forbid we keep a couple secrets in this day and age!

If you do get to know me, I'll tell everything to you. But I don't want to tell everything to the wrong people.

A secret is a secret in my mind.

We all have secrets. We've all kept secrets. We've had secrets kept from us, and we know how that feels.

I'm good at keeping secrets. My friends always tell me their secrets because I keep them well.

We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect.

Of course, a secret is no good if it doesn't need to be a secret.

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper.

I agree that there are things that should be kept secret.

The hearts of freemen are the tombs of secrets.

To whom you tell your secrets, to him you resign your liberty

I've always been super-private and protective of certain experiences and certain friends.

Three may keep counsel, if two be away.

A secret is too little for one, enough for two, and too much for three.

I think my friends tell me their deepest darkest secrets only because they know it won't ever come out.

And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private.

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

I've always been really interested in secrets - how people find ways of doing things without telling anyone else in order to keep themselves feeling safe in the world.

I would never put my close friends or a real relationship on a show.

I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

I find sharing intimate details with people that you don't know an interesting concept. I like to keep some things to myself.