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> [The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/the-human-heart-dares-not-stay-away-too-long-from-that-which-hurt-it/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

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## More by Lillian Smith

> [To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/to-believe-in-something-not-yet-proved-and-to-underwrite-it-with-our/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [“To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/to-believe-in-something-not-yet-proved-and-to-underwrite-it-with-our-2/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/to-believe-in-something-not-yet-proved-and-to-underwrite-it-with-our-3/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [Segregation is evil; there is no pattern of life which can dehumanize men as can the way of segregation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/segregation-is-evil-there-is-no-pattern-of-life-which-can-dehumanize/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [To find the point where hypothesis and fact meet; the delicate equilibrium between dream and reality; the place where fantasy and earthly things are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/to-find-the-point-where-hypothesis-and-fact-meet-the-delicate/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/the-human-heart-dares-not-stay-away-too-long-from-that-which-hurt-it/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/i-soon-realized-that-no-journey-carries-one-far-unless-as-it-extends/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [Rich folks always talk hard times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/rich-folks-always-talk-hard-times/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [I broke every barrier I could to see things as they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/i-broke-every-barrier-i-could-to-see-things-as-they-are/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/man-born-of-woman-has-found-it-a-hard-thing-to-forgive-her-for-giving/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [Belief in Some One's right to punish you is the fate of all children in Judaic-Christian culture. But nowhere else, perhaps, have the rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/belief-in-some-one-s-right-to-punish-you-is-the-fate-of-all-children/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [The point of life is to find the delicate equilibrium between dream and reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/the-point-of-life-is-to-find-the-delicate-equilibrium-between-dream/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/when-you-stop-learning-stop-listening-stop-looking-and-asking/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [The question in crisis or ordeal is not: Are you going to be an extremist? The question is: What kind of extremist are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/the-question-in-crisis-or-ordeal-is-not-are-you-going-to-be-an/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

> [“None but the weak crave to be better than. Strong men are satisfied with their own strength.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-smith/none-but-the-weak-crave-to-be-better-than-strong-men-are-satisfied/)

[Lillian Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-smith/)

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