Paul Tournier Quotes

I spent much of my life hiding.

We all have secrets. We've all kept secrets. We've had secrets kept from us, and we know how that feels.

There are things I've done in the past I'm not proud of - and I could talk about them if I wanted to - but I don't reveal my secrets... I prefer certain things to remain personal; there have to be boundaries. And I don't think you need a scandal to have an interesting story.

Victims always feel alone and helpless.

I'm just as sick as the others, although I prefer to do my sickness in private.

I guess secrets are part of the fabric of everybody's lives. I mean everybody's lives, and guilt is part of the fabric of everybody's lives.

We all came from houses with doors, doors that were supposed to be closed when there were things going on that we weren't supposed to see, and when our pants were down.

Nothing is burdensome as a secret.

Share shame so you are not left alone with it. If you can't find another person, get a journal. I didn't say make a video on Snapchat. It's for you, not anyone else.

We are as sick as our secrets, so I tell everything.

Sometimes I hid my family connections.

One of the reasons we stay so alone in our lives is because we're ashamed to talk about the hard stuff. It's as simple as that. We're all in pain in different ways, and we don't get the help we need because we're too ashamed to talk about the pain.

The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.

Well everybody's got a secret, son, something that they just can't face. Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it, they carry it with them every step that they take Till some day they just cut it loose, cut it loose or let it drag 'em down Where no one asks any questions or looks too long in your face In the darkness on the edge of town.

You can run away from home But you can't run away from your pain I sit here alone There's always someone else to blame.

I broke down on Thursday, Nov. 3, and told Sheriff Howard Wells the truth. It wasn't easy, but after the truth was out, I felt like the world was lifted off my shoulders.

Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying?

I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.

If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

I can't really have any friends. It's sad, really. It's lonely. But that's how I am.

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

I think all teenagers feel alone, and that nobody else knows what they are going through and all that sort of stuff.