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Mask Quotes

He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.

George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.152, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Life will show you masks that are worth all your carnivals

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.487

Whatever we refuse to recognize about ourselves has a way of rearing its head and making itself known when we least expect it.

Debbie Ford (2011). “Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming your power, creativity, brilliance, and dreams”, p.26, Hachette UK

I wear the mask. It does not wear me.

"Fictional character: Philippe". "The Man in the Iron Mask", 1998.

A mask tells us more than a face.

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.848, GENERAL PRESS

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

"Fictional character: Gordon Deitrich". "V for Vendetta", www.imdb.com. 2005.

Year by year, the monkey's mask reveals the monkey

c.1689 On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho, no.3 (translated by Lucien Stryk).

The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.

Agatha Christie (1962). “Make Mine Murder: Including: Appointment with Death, Peril at the End House [and] Sad Cypress”

Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims to do unimaginable harm.

"Confronting Cyber Violence in the Digital Age" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2013.