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…

- 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 you could cal…

- Helen Humphreys

It's easy to feel equal to wanting. It's rare to feel equal to having.

- 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 care more or to care less. Once t…

- Helen Humphreys

I like being mistaken for someone useful.

- Helen Humphreys

Grief moves us like love. Grief is love, I suppose. Love as a backwards glance.

- Helen Humphreys

There are many different stories to tell. It's never the same. Every day weather blows in and out, alters the surface. Sometimes it is stripped down …

- Helen Humphreys

In some ways I spend longer at non-fiction because there are a lot of different threads to bring together. But non-fiction is more reflective than im…

- Helen Humphreys

What I like about mixing fiction and non-fiction is being able to fully explore an idea without being bound by genre. If you scratch under any surfac…

- Helen Humphreys