Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Frank Warren

American Secret Keeper, Creator of ThePostSecretProject, a collection of intimately personal and artistic postcares on a website with 450 million visitors

"The secrets I receive reflect the full spectrum of complicated issues that many of us struggle with every day: Intimacy, trust, meaning, humor, and desire."

"Adolescence is not an exciting adventure. It's actually very boring and lonelier than you could ever imagine."

"Dear soulmate, I don't know who you are, where you live, or what you look like. But I pray for you every nite and I ask God to point you in my direction."

"At seventeen I'm waiting for my life to actually begin. I'm afraid I'll wake up tomorrow eighty years old and I WILL STILL BE WAITING."

"Be wise enough not to be reckless, but brave enough to take great risks."

"How I wish I could hug everyone and tell them that it's okay. It's okay to be scared and angry and hurt and selfish. It's part of being human,"

"I am not waiting for a prince on a white horse. I am waiting for you... So why don't you kiss me?"

"I don't feel like I have to conform when I'm with you."

"I didn't think time could change us."

"Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world."

"I am the type of person that I complain about."

"If ever I was in a plane that was going down, rather than screaming, crying and railing against the inevitable, I would look out the window, watch my death speeding toward me, and fully appreciate the final experience of my life."

"I read your secrets to escape from my own."

"I'm thrilled with the person I'm becoming."

"If I had known it was the end, would I have done it any different?"

"It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it."

"My fairy tale has ended."

"Out of everything the depression stole from me... I miss my books the most."

"Our endless days are numbered."

"Please take comfort in knowing that, Evertyhing was beautiful, and nothing hurt..."

"Religious people fear hell -- Spiritual people have walked thru it."

"Sometimes I think we keep secrets for the wrong reasons. If we could instead find that right person to talk to we might find that talking about an embarrassing story or admitting our frailty might lead to a more authentic relationship with others or ourselves."

"Sometimes when we think we are keeping a secret, the secret is actually keeping us."

"Sometimes you don't realize you've crossed a line until you're on the other side and can't go back."

"Someday I will have nothing left to lose. I can't wait."

"Stop lying. There isn't enough time left."

"The more I look back on my life, the more I see miracles."

"Sometimes, I feel as if I'm not supposed to get better."

"There are two kinds of secrets. The ones we keep from others and the ones we keep from ourselves."

"We're all waiting for something."

"When I drive 'home' and leave you, it makes me feel like I'm driving to nowhere - to nothing - to a place that doesn't make me feel."

"Trade your secrets and become who you are."