The Body

The most important things are the hardest things to say - they are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish them. Words shrink things that seem limitless in you head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things are too close to wherever you secret heart is - buried - like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly, only to have people look at you in a funny way - not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it - that's the worst, I think - when the secret stays locked within - not for want of a teller, but want of an understanding ear.

~Stephen King