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Helen Humphreys quotes: The truth is that you do forget people. When you conjure them up, long after they have gone, you can't recall the essence of them, just the outline.

The truth is that you do forget people. When you conjure them up, long after they have gone, you can't recall the essence of them, just the outline.

Helen Humphreys quotes: The strong don't necessarily survive, but the mean invariably do.

The strong don't necessarily survive, but the mean invariably do.

Helen Humphreys quotes: I have often thought that poetry is a way to name loss, but it cannot accompany one on the journey of loss.

I have often thought that poetry is a way to name loss, but it cannot accompany one on the journey of loss.

Helen Humphreys quotes: It is not as though she's greedy for happiness, but she wishes that she'd been able to recognize it completely when she had it.

It is not as though she's greedy for happiness, but she wishes that she'd been able to recognize it completely when she had it.

Helen Humphreys quotes: You can't undo actions with words.

You can't undo actions with words.

Helen Humphreys quotes: It's easy to feel equal to wanting. It's rare to feel equal to having.

It's easy to feel equal to wanting. It's rare to feel equal to having.

Helen Humphreys quotes: Every story is a story about death. But perhaps, if we are lucky, our story about death is also a story about love.

Every story is a story about death. But perhaps, if we are lucky, our story about death is also a story about love.

Helen Humphreys quotes: Forgetting takes practice ... You have to work at it.

Forgetting takes practice ... You have to work at it.

Helen Humphreys quotes: If you pretend to feel a certain way, eventually you do feel that way. That has been a surprisingly pleasant lesson to learn in life.

If you pretend to feel a certain way, eventually you do feel that way. That has been a surprisingly pleasant lesson to learn in life.

Helen Humphreys quotes: Perhaps effort doesn't matter, it isn't what ensures survival.

Perhaps effort doesn't matter, it isn't what ensures survival.

Helen Humphreys quotes: The moon's a crazy sweetheart.

The moon's a crazy sweetheart.

Helen Humphreys quotes: She hasn't had a book to read lately and that feeling of story rushes through her like a swoon.

She hasn't had a book to read lately and that feeling of story rushes through her like a swoon.

Helen Humphreys quotes: Flight is not the astonishing thing. I have always thought that the miracle of birds is not that they fly, but that they touch down.

Flight is not the astonishing thing. I have always thought that the miracle of birds is not that they fly, but that they touch down.

Helen Humphreys quotes: I like the candor of dogs. They're always honest about what they're feeling.

I like the candor of dogs. They're always honest about what they're feeling.

Helen Humphreys quotes: I am a writer. The proof of how I am feeling is always in my pen.

I am a writer. The proof of how I am feeling is always in my pen.

Helen Humphreys quotes: Loneliness is sometimes cured by visiting with people, and sometimes it's made worse by the same thing.

Loneliness is sometimes cured by visiting with people, and sometimes it's made worse by the same thing.

Helen Humphreys quotes: Grief moves us like love. Grief is love, I suppose. Love as a backwards glance.

Grief moves us like love. Grief is love, I suppose. Love as a backwards glance.

Helen Humphreys quotes: I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to.

I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to.

Helen Humphreys quotes: Sometimes life seems very unfair.

Sometimes life seems very unfair.

Helen Humphreys quotes: I like being mistaken for someone useful.

I like being mistaken for someone useful.

Helen Humphreys quotes: The period before something learns to be afraid is the most dangerous of all, because it is then the creatures are the most vulnerable.

The period before something learns to be afraid is the most dangerous of all, because it is then the creatures are the most vulnerable.

Helen Humphreys quotes: Time doesn't really soften anything. Memories heave up, you know. Still sharp.""Forgetting takes practice," says Enid. "You have to work at it.

Time doesn't really soften anything. Memories heave up, you know. Still sharp."
"Forgetting takes practice," says Enid. "You have to work at it.

Helen Humphreys quotes: The thing about longing is this: It is easy to feel equal to wanting. It is rare to feel equal to having.

The thing about longing is this: It is easy to feel equal to wanting. It is rare to feel equal to having.

Helen Humphreys quotes: Dark is just light turned inside out, thinks Maddy. Why be afraid of that?

Dark is just light turned inside out, thinks Maddy. Why be afraid of that?

Helen Humphreys quotes: It's better to have no secrets. Lies are always harder to manage than the truth.

It's better to have no secrets. Lies are always harder to manage than the truth.