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> [“The thing about longing is this: It is easy to feel equal to wanting. It is rare to feel equal to having.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/the-thing-about-longing-is-this-it-is-easy-to-feel-equal-to-wanting/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

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## More by Helen Humphreys

> [“I'm beginning to feel as though everything has happened before, that our story has already been told. Just as we were powerless to stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/i-m-beginning-to-feel-as-though-everything-has-happened-before-that/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [“It's funny to think that Anson and I were here, in this same place, together all that time ago, and now here we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/it-s-funny-to-think-that-anson-and-i-were-here-in-this-same-place/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [This is what I know about love, That it is tested every day, and what is not renewed is lost. One chooses either to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/this-is-what-i-know-about-love-that-it-is-tested-every-day-and-what/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [I like being mistaken for someone useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/i-like-being-mistaken-for-someone-useful/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [“I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/i-m-not-afraid-to-die-i-just-don-t-want-to/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [Love is not a good thing, I've decided. It just makes you afraid you'll lose what you love, and then, because your fear makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/love-is-not-a-good-thing-i-ve-decided-it-just-makes-you-afraid-you-ll/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [“She believes in the words of her fortune teller, but really, anyone could have told her that if you have to stop doing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/she-believes-in-the-words-of-her-fortune-teller-but-really-anyone/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [“There are words in my life that I wish I'd never said. I wish I'd never told my wife that I loved her, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/there-are-words-in-my-life-that-i-wish-i-d-never-said-i-wish-i-d/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [The novels are always morphing into something else now, some kind of hybrid, more of a ground that isn't so easily specified. I suppose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/the-novels-are-always-morphing-into-something-else-now-some-kind-of/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [“I am a writer. The proof of how I am feeling is always in my pen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/i-am-a-writer-the-proof-of-how-i-am-feeling-is-always-in-my-pen/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [“I don't think anymore that my life is about what has happened to me. It's about what I choose to believe. It's not what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/i-don-t-think-anymore-that-my-life-is-about-what-has-happened-to-me/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [It's easy to feel equal to wanting. It's rare to feel equal to having.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/it-s-easy-to-feel-equal-to-wanting-it-s-rare-to-feel-equal-to-having/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [“I suppose,” says Jeremy, “what I don’t like is that the moment you fix something, it starts to break down again, that an engine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/i-suppose-says-jeremy-what-i-don-t-like-is-that-the-moment-you-fix/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [“Your leaving will not be solved by your coming back. But one does not preclude the other. And maybe that is always what there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/your-leaving-will-not-be-solved-by-your-coming-back-but-one-does-not/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

> [“She doesn’t want to think of that woman, not now. She’s just one more person who hasn’t kept her promise; just one more person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/she-doesn-t-want-to-think-of-that-woman-not-now-she-s-just-one-more/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

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