“The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.”
“Reader: Dear Mr. Snicket, What is the best way to keep a secret? Lemony Snicket : Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you are kidding.”
“Keeping secrets isn't my specialty.”
“At best you can hold death at bay, you can pretend it isn't there; but to deny it totally is a sickness. And I think that horror fiction is one of the ways to approach these problems, and, perversely perhaps, to enjoy a vicarious confrontation with them.”
“The best way to not get your heart broken, is pretending you don't have one.”
“The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.”