With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.

Sara Gruen
With a secret like that, at some point the secret...
With a secret like that, at some point the secret...
With a secret like that, at some point the secret...
With a secret like that, at some point the secret...
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When someone keeps a secret that they know is not right, they are doing more harm to themselves than they are to the other person. That secret will eventually be exposed and because of that the secret-keeper is having to deal with consequences that they may not have wanted.

Source: Water For Elephants

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