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> [“We can never see our own faces directly, never look straight into our own eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/we-can-never-see-our-own-faces-directly-never-look-straight-into-our/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

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## More by Jean Hegland

> [“tragedy is suffering elevated into art, it’s art that helps humans endure—and sometimes even transcend—their suffering. It’s”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/tragedy-is-suffering-elevated-into-art-it-s-art-that-helps-humans/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

> [“Humanism, he continued, leaning toward his colleagues with the zeal of his conviction even as he stumbled over his words, that holds as its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/humanism-he-continued-leaning-toward-his-colleagues-with-the-zeal-of/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

> [“He knows a sweep of gratitude, soft as another voice, and so wide and deep he believes he might drown in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/he-knows-a-sweep-of-gratitude-soft-as-another-voice-and-so-wide-and/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

> [“And humanism—that transcendent vision that spans centuries and religions in its celebration of reason, responsibility, art, and examined lives—has been tossed out like old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/and-humanism-that-transcendent-vision-that-spans-centuries-and/)

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> [“They do not die ignorant of either their own follies or of life’s worth. Instead, they die in the fullest possible knowledge of who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/they-do-not-die-ignorant-of-either-their-own-follies-or-of-life-s/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

> [“Beyond us I could see the mountains rising blue and hazy, and I knew I had only to cross them and keep on walking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/beyond-us-i-could-see-the-mountains-rising-blue-and-hazy-and-i-knew-i/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

> [“In some ways we were more remote than strangers because strangers at least have the possibility of yet unmade connections.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/in-some-ways-we-were-more-remote-than-strangers-because-strangers-at/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

> [“Each … breeze,” he says, watching the ripple of the bright, unfurling leaves, “will be me, missing. You.” Smiling”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/each-breeze-he-says-watching-the-ripple-of-the-bright-unfurling/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

> [“It’s a physical urge, stronger than thirst or sex. Halfway back on the left side of my head there is a spot that longs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/it-s-a-physical-urge-stronger-than-thirst-or-sex-halfway-back-on-the/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

> [It's a physical urge, huger and stronger than thirst or sex. Halfway back on the left side of my head there is a spot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/it-s-a-physical-urge-huger-and-stronger-than-thirst-or-sex-halfway/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

> [“In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/in-sooth-i-know-not-why-i-am-so-sad/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

> [“It is the size of the characters’ desires that helps to make a sad story a tragedy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/it-is-the-size-of-the-characters-desires-that-helps-to-make-a-sad/)

[Jean Hegland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hegland/)

> [“Guys were first effigies, then urchins. But always male,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/guys-were-first-effigies-then-urchins-but-always-male/)

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> [This body is yours. No one can ever take it from you, if only you will accept yourself, claim it again--your arms, your spine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/this-body-is-yours-no-one-can-ever-take-it-from-you-if-only-you-will/)

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> [“We heard the United States had a new president, that she was arranging for a loan from the Commonwealth to bail us out. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hegland/we-heard-the-united-states-had-a-new-president-that-she-was-arranging/)

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