People are secretive when they have secrets.

- Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming

Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever.

- Liane Moriarty, The Husband's Secret

Everyone has secret.Like the oyster with its grain of sand, we bury it deep within, coating it with opalescent layers, as if that could heal our mortal wound. Some of us devote our entire lives to keeping our secret hidden, safe from those who might pry it from us, hoarding it like the pearl, only to discover that it escapes us when we least expect it. revealed by a flash of fear in our eyes when caught unawares, by a sudden pain, a rage or hatred, or an all-consuming shame.

- C.W. Gortner, The Tudor Secret

Secrets affect you more than you’d think. You lie to keep them hidden. You steer talk away from them. You worry someone’ll discover yours and tell the world. You think you are in charge of the secret, but isn’t it the secret who’s actually using you?

- David Mitchell, Black Swan Green

The secret is that there is no secret.

- Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

For I did not want him to see, or to question me, for here contains already secrets, and my secrets are my fortune and my sanity.

- Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture

A secret note is secret. There is no reason to sign it.

- Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

Love is the key, love is the secret.

- Osho, The Secret of Secrets

This is the secret of the golden flower: if the heart can die the flower will bloom, die as you are so you can be reborn.

- Osho, The Secret of Secrets

Some secrets are better left at that -as secrets.

- Candace Bushnell, One Fifth Avenue