“Was he a pleasant man hiding behind a mask of seeming carelessness or an unpleasant man hiding behind a mask of charm & smiles? Or like most humans, was he a dizzying mix of contradictory charactersticks?”

“It's hard for a masked man to hide behind a mask when he isn't wearing one.”

“So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding everything interesting about herself behind a prim, plain facade.What other surprises was she concealing?”

“Hiding behind the mask of a quotation, using someone else’s words to bolster our own softly blooming emotions.”

“The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting people while pretending to help them.”

“Come you masters of warYou that build all the gunsYou that build the death planesYou that build the big bombsYou that hide behind wallsYou that hide behind desksI just want you to knowI can see through your masks.”