--- title: "1 Phantom limbs Quotes By Camilla Gibb" description: "1 Phantom limbs quotes by Camilla Gibb. Plus more from Camilla Gibb and more Phantom limbs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/camilla-gibb-30299_amputation_it-is-not-simply-what-one-remembers-but_1765742.png" --- > [It is not simply what one remembers, but why. There are sites of amputation where the past is severed from the body of the present. Remembering only encourages the growth of phantom limbs. And it is not simply what one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/it-is-not-simply-what-one-remembers-but-why-there-are-sites-of/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/camilla-gibb-30299_amputation_it-is-not-simply-what-one-remembers-but_1765742.png) ## More by Camilla Gibb > [“Clench clench these strong teeth in this strong mouth. My mouth. Of my body. In my house. My mouth? Chapped lips swollen and bloody?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/clench-clench-these-strong-teeth-in-this-strong-mouth-my-mouth-of-my/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [It is his absence that is part of me and has been for years. This is who I am, perhaps who we all are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/it-is-his-absence-that-is-part-of-me-and-has-been-for-years-this-is/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [“In tourism college they were taught that American notions of what constitutes a personal question are quite different from their own. Tư has learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/in-tourism-college-they-were-taught-that-american-notions-of-what/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [“I marvelled at her capabilities as a mother - naturally empathic but no pushover, funny and generous, frank about her own limitations and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/i-marvelled-at-her-capabilities-as-a-mother-naturally-empathic-but-no/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [“If someone eliminates the obstacles you believe to be in front of you, then you have no choice but to try. Fail spectacularly, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/if-someone-eliminates-the-obstacles-you-believe-to-be-in-front-of-you/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [It is not simply what one remembers, but why. There are sites of amputation where the past is severed from the body of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/it-is-not-simply-what-one-remembers-but-why-there-are-sites-of/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [“She asked me if Christmas was a particularly tense time and whether my father had ever hit my mother while trimming the tree. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/she-asked-me-if-christmas-was-a-particularly-tense-time-and-whether/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [“I suspect we can all be domesticated by love, but when love is threatened or broken, our suspicions and mistrust are confirmed. Experience has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/i-suspect-we-can-all-be-domesticated-by-love-but-when-love-is/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [That idea is strange to me. People keep on loving? People keep on loving even if you are not there in their face everyday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/that-idea-is-strange-to-me-people-keep-on-loving-people-keep-on/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [“I never expected to be happy, to have a sense of belonging somewhere. I didn't grow up with a sense that this was possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/i-never-expected-to-be-happy-to-have-a-sense-of-belonging-somewhere-i/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [“We come to know ourselves only through stories. We listen to the stories of others, we inherit the stories of those who came before,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/we-come-to-know-ourselves-only-through-stories-we-listen-to-the/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [“The history of Vietnam lies in this bowl, for it is in Hanoi, the Vietnamese heart, that phở was born, a combination of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/the-history-of-vietnam-lies-in-this-bowl-for-it-is-in-hanoi-the/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [“HOw do you protect a child from heartbreak? All I know is the egg wants to be held all the time, and perhaps if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/how-do-you-protect-a-child-from-heartbreak-all-i-know-is-the-egg/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [Once you step inside, history has to be rewritten to include you. A fiction develops a story that weaves you into the social fabric,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/once-you-step-inside-history-has-to-be-rewritten-to-include-you-a/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) > [But that is the thing about miracles: it is perception that determines them as such, not facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/but-that-is-the-thing-about-miracles-it-is-perception-that-determines/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/phantom-limbs/camilla-gibb/#itemlist", "name": "1 Phantom limbs Quotes By Camilla Gibb", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is not simply what one remembers, but why. There are sites of amputation where the past is severed from the body of the present. 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