Orson Scott Card Quotes

You have to strip people of their poses and disguises.

Veiling truth in mystery.

If you are going to try and hide something, sooner or later people are going to find out.

People will always show their true selves in the end.

Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.

Truth will come to light; murder cannot be hid long.

Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal.

It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.

Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.

It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.

The truth won't stay hidden and will come out.

Things can’t be kept secret forever.

I know that you cannot banish the truth permanently, you can only cloud it temporarily.

Are you not aware that there comes a midnight hour when everyone must unmask...

Will the real Red Reaper please stand up?

The mask, given time, comes to be the face itself

A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise.

Masks are what they seem to be; not so the faces beneath them.

'Tis not need we know our every thought Or see the work shop where each mask is wrought Wherefrom we view the world of box and pit, Careless of wear, just so the mask shall fit And serve our jape's turn for a night or two.

Vice knows [its] ugly, so [it] puts on [a] mask.

If most people wanted to be incognito, they put on a fake beard or mustache. If I wanted to I'd just shave mine off.

Timeless is the creature who is wise. And timeless is the prisoner in disguise.

Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises.

Knavery's plain face is never seen till used.