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> [“To be certain of something, he thought, even in the most horrible circumstances, was strangely comforting. Like being in quicksand and suddenly finding a rock under your feet. He offered up a silent prayer of thanks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/to-be-certain-of-something-he-thought-even-in-the-most-horrible/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

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## More by Helen Bryan

> [“Johnny’s open mouth. There”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/johnny-s-open-mouth-there/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“it confirmed Mother’s secret conviction that the world had enough trouble without insisting all worship God the same way. There was room before the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/it-confirmed-mother-s-secret-conviction-that-the-world-had-enough/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“Her exclamation had woken him, so she blurted out what the letter said, then protested shakily”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/her-exclamation-had-woken-him-so-she-blurted-out-what-the-letter-said/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“French coast to alert them to forecasts of clear weather over England. In the days before radar, notice of a clear night for flying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/french-coast-to-alert-them-to-forecasts-of-clear-weather-over-england/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“say that he had a fortnight’s leave at the end of April. He and Evangeline would go to the coast and have a proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/say-that-he-had-a-fortnight-s-leave-at-the-end-of-april-he-and/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“They’s talk in the Treme already ’bout kissin’ cousins.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/they-s-talk-in-the-treme-already-bout-kissin-cousins/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“Oliver was beginning to think too many church rules got in the way of Christianity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/oliver-was-beginning-to-think-too-many-church-rules-got-in-the-way-of/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“widowed. Quite the backbone of the village.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/widowed-quite-the-backbone-of-the-village/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“sort any more than they’re Alice’s. There’s something so…so wonderfully English about Alice!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/sort-any-more-than-they-re-alice-s-there-s-something-so-so/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“Thanne longen folk to go on pilgrimages.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/thanne-longen-folk-to-go-on-pilgrimages/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“I was one of the postwar baby-boom generation”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/i-was-one-of-the-postwar-baby-boom-generation/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“We have much in common, whether Jew, Muslim, or Christian, only God can judge among us. And yet the church sows dissention and bloodshed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/we-have-much-in-common-whether-jew-muslim-or-christian-only-god-can/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“To be certain of something, he thought, even in the most horrible circumstances, was strangely comforting. Like being in quicksand and suddenly finding a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/to-be-certain-of-something-he-thought-even-in-the-most-horrible/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“If you wake at Midnight, and hear a horse’s feet, Don’t go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street, Them that asks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/if-you-wake-at-midnight-and-hear-a-horse-s-feet-don-t-go-drawing-back/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

> [“recalling me to my family responsibilities. You, on the other hand…I could not let such”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-bryan/recalling-me-to-my-family-responsibilities-you-on-the-other-hand-i/)

[Helen Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-bryan/)

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