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> [“Hobbies are a way of staying present so humans do not have to think about death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/hobbies-are-a-way-of-staying-present-so-humans-do-not-have-to-think/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

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## More by Marie-Helene Bertino

> [“That can be the cruelest part of happiness--its tendency to disguise itself as boredom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/that-can-be-the-cruelest-part-of-happiness-its-tendency-to-disguise/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“They hurt me, these small, brutal kindnesses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/they-hurt-me-these-small-brutal-kindnesses/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“When you're alone, you are in the right place to watch sadness approach like storm clouds over an open field. You can sit in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/when-you-re-alone-you-are-in-the-right-place-to-watch-sadness/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“Her father is fastened to his room, with his records and his drugs and his quiet. She crawls under her covers. It is her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/her-father-is-fastened-to-his-room-with-his-records-and-his-drugs-and/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“Marcel was from Louisiana, so for four years Emily had been southern by association. She insisted on Lynchburg Lemonades. She scheduled interviews around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/marcel-was-from-louisiana-so-for-four-years-emily-had-been-southern/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“A monkey could do my job better and with more hilarious results.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/a-monkey-could-do-my-job-better-and-with-more-hilarious-results/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“Gus doesn’t belong in this world. He was born with a Hollywood chin, a butter touch, and an ear that can hear rhythms tapped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/gus-doesn-t-belong-in-this-world-he-was-born-with-a-hollywood-chin-a/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“In the jaundiced light of a streetlamp, Sarina realizes why people have children: to see the face of the one they love at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/in-the-jaundiced-light-of-a-streetlamp-sarina-realizes-why-people/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“Hobbies are a way of staying present so humans do not have to think about death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/hobbies-are-a-way-of-staying-present-so-humans-do-not-have-to-think/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“We carry our ancestors in our names and sometimes we carry our ancestors through the sliding doors of emergency rooms and either way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/we-carry-our-ancestors-in-our-names-and-sometimes-we-carry-our/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“But Madeline loves her father and how can you be scared of someone you love?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/but-madeline-loves-her-father-and-how-can-you-be-scared-of-someone/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“Tonight, the Sisters of Saint Joseph and I are going to The Slaughterhouse Bar. I have four rolls of quarters and we are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/tonight-the-sisters-of-saint-joseph-and-i-are-going-to-the/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“I am quitting a boy like some people quit smoking. I am not quitting smoking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/i-am-quitting-a-boy-like-some-people-quit-smoking-i-am-not-quitting/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“We stand at the doors and look out over the yard. Hundreds of deer gaze back at us. Deer and deer and deer and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/we-stand-at-the-doors-and-look-out-over-the-yard-hundreds-of-deer/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

> [“Bob Dylan never has his own cigarettes. I thought this was charming at first.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/bob-dylan-never-has-his-own-cigarettes-i-thought-this-was-charming-at/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

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