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Mask Quotes (page 4)

Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "whatever is profound loves masks; what is most profound even..."
whatever is profound loves masks; what is most profound even hates image and parable. Friedrich Nietzsche
Cecily. This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade. Gwendolen. [Satirically.] I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different. Oscar Wilde
Tom Robbins quote: "There are people in this world who can wear whale masks and..."
There are people in this world who can wear whale masks and people who cannot, and the wise know to which group they belong. Tom Robbins
The face of sin today often wears the mask of tolerance. Do not be deceived; behind that facade is heartache, unhappiness and pain. .. YOU be the one to make a stand for right, even if you stand alone. Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow. Thomas S. Monson
Some people at the party, she adds, are freaks, then mentions a drug I've never heard of, and tells me a story that involves ski masks, zombies, a van, chains, a secret community, and asks me about a Hispanic girl who disappeared in some desert. Bret Easton Ellis
It was for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills. Sir, if that was my master, why had he a mask upon his face? Robert Louis Stevenson
.. we wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes-this debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we smile. Paul Laurence Dunbar
Lloyd Alexander quote: "Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?"
Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good? Lloyd Alexander
Close your mouth. Guard your senses. Temper your sharpness. Simplify your problems. Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union. Lao Tzu
Sometimes it was possible for me to believe he had practised an enchantment upon me, as foxes in this country may, for, here, a fox can masquerade as human and at the best of times the high cheekbones gave to his face the aspect of a mask. Angela Carter
Upon meeting Julian Morrow, one has the impression that he is a man of extraordinary sympathy and warmth. But what you call his 'Asiatic serenity' is, I think, a mask for great coldness. The face one shows him he invariably reflects back at one, creating the illusion of warmth and depth when in fact he is brittle and shallow as a mirror. Donna Tartt
Our stereotyping societies force us to feel more alone. They stamp masks on us and isolate out real selves. We all live in two worlds: the old comfortable man-centred world of absolutes and the harsh real world of relatives. The latter, the relativity reality, terrifies us; and isolates and dwarfs us all. John Fowles
Alan Moore quote: "You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it."
You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it. Alan Moore
Then I could not help wondering what the watching gods thought of us, with our clever masks and our jokes. What we think of crickets, perhaps, whose singing we hear with pleasure, though some of us smash them with our heels when they venture into sight. Gene Wolfe
Paulo Coelho quote: "behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart..."
behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire. Paulo Coelho

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