Secrets Quotes

Secrets refers to a piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. It commonly describes the key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack, something not understood or known, and private seclusion, which gives the term a broader and more practical sense than a single short definition would suggest. Depending on context, it can also point to a form of steel skullcap, to make or keep secret, and to hide secretly, so the category can cover literal uses, related ideas, and more figurative extensions of the same core meaning. Taken together, these meanings present Secrets as a flexible theme rather than a narrowly technical label, covering the central idea people usually mean when they use the word while still leaving room for closely related senses that appear in real language. Secrets therefore works well as a quotation category because it can hold direct statements about the subject, figurative uses that borrow its meaning, and broader reflections that stay anchored to the same central idea. Secrets is not limited to a single rigid definition in ordinary language, and that wider range is part of what makes the category useful for grouping related material without losing the term's main sense.

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George Bernard Shaw

(1856-1950)

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Diane Ackerman

(b. 1948)

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Cory Doctorow

(b. 1971)