E. L. Konigsburg Quotes

Secrets are the kind of adventure she needs. Secrets are safe, and they do much to make you different. On the inside where it counts.

That there is a secret itself is a secret.

Sylvia loved secrets and even if she didn't have any secrets she made sure that you thought she did. Amelia had no secrets, Amelia knew nothing. When she grew up she planned to know everything and to keep it all a secret.

Secrets interest us all, I think.

Secrets...are the very root of cool.

Things keep their secrets.

There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it.

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.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

There's something so delicious about holding onto a secret; it's something just for you.

I like to keep some things secret. Otherwise, there's no mystique about you.

I like there to be some secrets.

That's for me to know, and for you to find out.

I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

He that has a secret should not only hide it, but hide that he has it to hide.

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.

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

It's more fun to keep stuff secret.

People think because you're private, you have something you don't want them to know.

I want to keep a mysterious side to me. I want to keep a mysterious side to me.

Sometimes it's nice for people not to know anything about me.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

Secrets are very intriguing - I always think that's an interesting theme.

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.