"Memory is a barricade against forgetting; light is……" — Helen Humphreys
"Memory is a barricade against forgetting; light is a bulwark against darkness; life is a flex against the stillness of the grave. Maybe that's what I'm trying to do here, clear a space in all the debris, through all the anxieties and worries, where I can just exist, easily and simply, entire, for as long as I have left."
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Helen Humphreys
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8 Quotes by Helen Humphreys
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