It never bored them to hear words, words; they breathed them with the cool night air. - E. M. Forster

Secrecy has this disadvantage: we lose the sense of proportion; we cannot tell whether our secret is important or not.

How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

School was the unhappiest time of my life and the worst trick it ever played on me was to pretend that it was the world in miniature. For it hindered me from discovering how lovely and delightful and kind the world can be, and how much of it is intelligible.