“Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.”
“Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.”
“It takes a lot more energy to be covert and sneaky than it does to be open and honest.”
“I'll definitely make you fall in love with me. So prepare yourself.”
“The country and culture commonly known as "America" had had a badly split personality all through its history. Its overt laws were almost always puritanical for a people whose covert behavior tended to be Rabelaisian; its major religions were all Apollonian in varying degrees---its religious revivals were often hysterical in a fashion almost Dionysian.”
“The right word is always a power, and communicates its definiteness to our action.”