Gary Shaw says a lot of things without engaging his brain sometimes and it's a great shame, because he's not a bad chap actually.

I was a small business owner, father, and husband just living out in the suburbs. I kind of had a boring life until Post Secret came and turned that upside down. I printed up 3000 self-addressed postcards and handed them out to people on the street, inviting them to write down a secret on that postcard anonymously and mail it to me. I got a lot of surprises.

Gary Shaw says a lot of things without engaging his brain sometimes and it's a great shame, because he's not a bad chap actually.

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.

I read your secrets to escape from my own.

Secrets can take many forms. They can be shocking or silly or soulful. They can connect us with our deepest humanity, or with people we'll never meet again.

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