“For the first time he perceived that if you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself. ”
“Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.”
“There are no secrets.' The thing smiled, showing a row of even, childlike teeth. 'None worth keeping. Only the ones you hide from yourself, which are the most damaging and hurtful of all. Truth is truth, and lie is lie. Tell yourself one's the other and all the world turns kilter.”
“How could it be that you could love someone so much and keep it secret from yourself as you woke daily so far from home?”
“Making something secret makes it too important, elevates it to the point where it runs your life from the shadows. If you hide what's at your core from other people for too long, sooner or later you end up hiding it from yourself and waking up with no idea of who you are.”