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Helen Eustis

(1916–2015) Translator

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Helen Eustis was a translator.

Quick Facts About Helen Eustis

Born: December 31, 1916
Died: January 11, 2015
Profession: Translator

About Helen Eustis

[Wikidata] American translator (1916-2015)... | [Wikipedia] Helen White Eustis II was an American mystery writer and translator. She was born in Cincinnati. She studied art at Smith College and was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award in 1947 for her novel, The Horizontal Man.

Quotes by Helen Eustis

What you were yesterday is fixed for always, making its mark on what you are today, what you will be tomorrow.

Fixed

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when ... I've thought of madness, it seems most easily explained to me as poetry in action. A life of symbol rather…

Action

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when anybody talks to me as if I hadn't good sense, I'm immediately tempted to act as if I hadn't. Like sticking…

Beans

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Twilight was the worst hour, because it was the hour of indecision.

Hours

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It isn't ever the world you fight. Always, always, it's yourself.

Conflict

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