great pretender

Everybody has something to hide. We can’t just expose our secrets to the world. That’s how we get hurt. That’s how we risk hurting other people. We have to decide how much we let out and keep the truth to ourselves.

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It’s scary to reveal everything about ourselves. Fear makes us hold ourselves back. Is that so wrong? Maybe, probably. But still, it helps to be a little sneaky, a little protective. It’s not safe to just blurt out all our secrets. We can’t just lay all the truth out there, expose ourselves to God and everybody. Cause once the truth’s out, we have to face it ourselves.

- Meredith Grey (Season11, Ep.12-The Great Pretender)