Helen Hooven Santmyer quotes

“Time--our youth--it never really goes, does it? It is all held in our minds.”
-- Helen Hooven Santmyer

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“I have no plans for the money but it'll be awfully nice to have it.”
-- Helen Hooven Santmyer

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“But surely, if you trust God, you can believe the bad moments pass, and the good memories are worth enough.”
-- Helen Hooven Santmyer

Source : Helen Hooven Santmyer (1982). “"---and ladies of the club"”, Putnam Pub Group

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“[Time was] an accordion, all the air squeezed out of it as you grew old.”
-- Helen Hooven Santmyer

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“The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.64, Delphi Classics

“Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.”

Source : A. H. Almaas (2000). “Diamond Heart: Book Three: Being and the Meaning of Life”, p.25, Shambhala Publications

“Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?”

Source : Michael A. Stackpole, Aaron Allston (2016). “The X-Wing Series: Star Wars Legends 10-Book Bundle: Rogue Squadron, Wedge's Gamble, The Krytos Trap, The Bacta War, Wraith Squadron ,Iron Fist, Solo Command, Isard's Revenge, Starfighters of Adumar, Mercy Kill”, p.1629, Del Rey

“I gravitate toward the larger worldview questions such as, Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? What does it mean to know another person? To love someone? Of course, those questions are sort of in the background as I'm playing with language in the foreground, but those are the informing questions.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“Yeah, I want to be liked, obviously. Everybody does.”

Source : "Milwaukee Talks: QB Aaron Rodgers, May 2008". Interview with Jason Wilde, onmilwaukee.com. May 23, 2008.

“The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make 'big miracles' happen.”

“the most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.”

“Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.”

“I'm not bothered by the paparazzi and I don't feel hemmed in, I've never felt that. My youth, mind you, there wasn't quite the same attention to celebrities as there is now, but I've never felt that.”

“I did experiment with ***** when I was a youth.”