--- title: "1 Washed Hands Quotes By Samantha Hunt" description: "1 Washed Hands quotes by Samantha Hunt. Plus more from Samantha Hunt and more Washed Hands sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/samantha-hunt-14215_dirty-water_you-don-t-get-to-keep-the-feelings-for-s_1805756.jpg" --- > [“You don't get to keep the feelings for someone you once loved. Once you've washed your hands of that person, all those feelings, all that dirty water is washed out to sea.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/you-don-t-get-to-keep-the-feelings-for-someone-you-once-loved-once/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/samantha-hunt-14215_dirty-water_you-don-t-get-to-keep-the-feelings-for-s_1805756.jpg) ## More by Samantha Hunt > [“Two people who live their lives alone in rooms doing strange, gentle things can sometimes be together in the middle of a dangerous storm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/two-people-who-live-their-lives-alone-in-rooms-doing-strange-gentle/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [“When a country goes to war, men can no longer operate free and open laboratories. The Government would like to know what you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/when-a-country-goes-to-war-men-can-no-longer-operate-free-and-open/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [“No. I'm not from outer space or the future. And this is not magic, just science, pure engineering. Magic, religion, the occult --all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/no-i-m-not-from-outer-space-or-the-future-and-this-is-not-magic-just/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [“I am not from Venus. . . . I am from a small town on the Serbo-Croation border.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/i-am-not-from-venus-i-am-from-a-small-town-on-the-serbo-croation/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [As a writer I feel more like a filter than a performer. I absorb and observe and then I name scatterings of stars into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/as-a-writer-i-feel-more-like-a-filter-than-a-performer-i-absorb-and/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [I like the night. I like a slight terror to remind me how precious life is. Like I was sleeping with my smallest child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/i-like-the-night-i-like-a-slight-terror-to-remind-me-how-precious/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [I am very bad at remembering the books I've read and so recently I had a wonderful experience. I decided I wanted to teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/i-am-very-bad-at-remembering-the-books-i-ve-read-and-so-recently-i/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [One night as I girl I spied my grandma and one of her sisters outside, holding hands and singing, "Sprites of the night are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/one-night-as-i-girl-i-spied-my-grandma-and-one-of-her-sisters-outside/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [Wait," I say. "I think you're mistaken. Saying there is no dream is the same as saying everything is a dream. Isn't it? Everyone's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/wait-i-say-i-think-you-re-mistaken-saying-there-is-no-dream-is-the/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [“Unlock the door?' he asks. This family is an experiment, the biggest I've ever been part of, an experiment called: How do you let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/unlock-the-door-he-asks-this-family-is-an-experiment-the-biggest-i-ve/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [I'll just tell you what I remember because memory is as close as I've gotten to building my own time machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/i-ll-just-tell-you-what-i-remember-because-memory-is-as-close-as-i-ve/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [I am surprisingly optimistic, though lately that's been hard to maintain. Art and slow, small, close gestures help remind me of my optimism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/i-am-surprisingly-optimistic-though-lately-that-s-been-hard-to/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [In writing I found a way to make silence and to be silent. The short story has a lot more silence than the novel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/in-writing-i-found-a-way-to-make-silence-and-to-be-silent-the-short/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [“He gave me an inside of ice so I'd never love you. But it didn't work. You are so close. You are the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/he-gave-me-an-inside-of-ice-so-i-d-never-love-you-but-it-didn-t-work/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) > [One last important influence I'll mention is Flannery O'Connor. In high school I shoplifted her Complete Stories. Having read "Good Country People" for class,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/one-last-important-influence-i-ll-mention-is-flannery-o-connor-in/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/washed-hands/samantha-hunt/#itemlist", "name": "1 Washed Hands Quotes By Samantha Hunt", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You don't get to keep the feelings for someone you once loved. 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