Secrets are the currency of intimacy

Secrets are the currency of intimacy

Frank Warren

Gary Shaw says a lot of things without engaging his brain sometimes and it's a great shame, because he's not a bad chap actually.

Gary Shaw says a lot of things without engaging his brain sometimes and it's a great shame, because he's not a bad chap actually.

I needed to recognize those secrets I was keeping from myself- secrets I had buried long ago. I needed Post Secret just as much as the other people who were mailing me their secrets.

I needed to recognize those secrets I was keeping from myself- secrets I had buried long ago. I needed Post Secret just as much as the other people who were mailing me their secrets.

Sometimes you don't realize you've crossed a line until you're on the other side and can't go back.

Sometimes you don't realize you've crossed a line until you're on the other side and can't go back.

There are two kinds of secrets: those we keep from others and those we hide from ourselves.

There are two kinds of secrets: those we keep from others and those we hide from ourselves.

The secrets I receive reflect the full spectrum of complicated issues that many of us struggle with every day: Intimacy, trust, meaning, humor, and desire.

The secrets I receive reflect the full spectrum of complicated issues that many of us struggle with every day: Intimacy, trust, meaning, humor, and desire.

There are some secrets that we think we're keeping, but those secrets are actually keeping us.

There are some secrets that we think we're keeping, but those secrets are actually keeping us.

I read your secrets to escape from my own.

I read your secrets to escape from my own.

Stop lying. There isn't enough time left.

Stop lying. There isn't enough time left.

The best way to hear somebody else's secret is actually to share one of your true secrets.

The best way to hear somebody else's secret is actually to share one of your true secrets.

Trade your secrets and become who you are.

Trade your secrets and become who you are.

You keep a secret inside of you and it feels like a wall that separates you from others.

You keep a secret inside of you and it feels like a wall that separates you from others.

The children almost broken by the world become the adults most likely to change it.

The children almost broken by the world become the adults most likely to change it.

The more I look back on my life, the more I see miracles.

The more I look back on my life, the more I see miracles.

Sometimes when we think we are keeping a secret, the secret is actually keeping us.

Sometimes when we think we are keeping a secret, the secret is actually keeping us.

Religious people fear hell -- Spiritual people have walked thru it.

Religious people fear hell -- Spiritual people have walked thru it.

Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart.

Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart.

Be wise enough not to be reckless, but brave enough to take great risks.

Be wise enough not to be reckless, but brave enough to take great risks.

It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it.

It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it.