Frank OConnorI suppose we all have our little hiding-hole if the truth was known, but as small as it is, the whole world is in it, and bit by bit grows on us again till the day You find us out.
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Henry Ward Beecher said, “I suppose we all have our little hiding-hole if the truth was known, but as small as it is, the whole world is in it, and bit by bit grows on us again till the day You find us out.” He was speaking about how much can be found out about someone if you are willing to look. What are the secret things that only you know about yourself?
Source: Collected Stories
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