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title: "2 Humiliate Quotes By Helen Simonson"
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> [I know something of shame...How can we not all feel it? We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for our own adventure and making the very mistakes for which we want to humiliate our neighbors…I think we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/i-know-something-of-shame-how-can-we-not-all-feel-it-we-are-all-small/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

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> [We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for our own advantage and making the very mistakes for which we want to humiliate our neighbors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/we-are-all-small-minded-people-creeping-about-the-earth-grubbing-for/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

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## Other authors on Humiliate

## More by Helen Simonson

> [I later realized that this is my view of passion: It is rooted in genuine friendship. Chemistry may be two strangers exchanging smoldering looks—but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/i-later-realized-that-this-is-my-view-of-passion-it-is-rooted-in/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [“There is often an inverse correlation between genius and personal hygiene.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/there-is-often-an-inverse-correlation-between-genius-and-personal/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [But it's not enough to be in love. It's about how you spend your days, what you do together, who you choose as friends,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/but-it-s-not-enough-to-be-in-love-it-s-about-how-you-spend-your-days/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [My neighbor Alice Pierce is fond of singing folk music to her garden plants. Thinks it makes them grow or something. The Major had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/my-neighbor-alice-pierce-is-fond-of-singing-folk-music-to-her-garden/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [“do you really know what it means to be in love with an unsuitable woman?" "Is there any other kind?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/do-you-really-know-what-it-means-to-be-in-love-with-an-unsuitable/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [“So he dreams himself the life he cannot have?” “Exactly. But we, who can do anything, we refuse to live our dreams on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/so-he-dreams-himself-the-life-he-cannot-have-exactly-but-we-who-can/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [“he realized he had inspired a sense of trust and indebtedness that would make it entirely impossible for an honorable man to attempt to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/he-realized-he-had-inspired-a-sense-of-trust-and-indebtedness-that/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [“At our age, surely there are better things to sustain us, to sustain a marriage, than the brief flame of passion?" ..."You are mistaken,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/at-our-age-surely-there-are-better-things-to-sustain-us-to-sustain-a/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [“It took him a moment to realize that they had been painted to look like fingernails, and he sighed over the extraordinary range of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/it-took-him-a-moment-to-realize-that-they-had-been-painted-to-look/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [Passion is all very well, but it wouldn't do to spill the tea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/passion-is-all-very-well-but-it-wouldn-t-do-to-spill-the-tea/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [“She looked at him and he read in her eyes a disappointment that he should have stooped to the dead relative excuse. Yet he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/she-looked-at-him-and-he-read-in-her-eyes-a-disappointment-that-he/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [“He had never imagined so clearly the consequences of mailing a letter—the impossibility of retrieving it from the iron mouth of the box; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/he-had-never-imagined-so-clearly-the-consequences-of-mailing-a-letter/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [“He wondered whether it was his fault Roger had the perceptiveness of concrete.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/he-wondered-whether-it-was-his-fault-roger-had-the-perceptiveness-of/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [“Oh, you're American,' said Mrs. Khan, holding out her hand. 'What a charming costume.' 'The Bengal Lancers were apparently a famous Anglo-Indian regiment,' said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/oh-you-re-american-said-mrs-khan-holding-out-her-hand-what-a-charming/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

> [Only sometimes when we pick and choose among the rules we discover later that we have set aside something precious in the process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-simonson/only-sometimes-when-we-pick-and-choose-among-the-rules-we-discover/)

[Helen Simonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-simonson/)

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