8 Quotes & Sayings By Helen Maryles Shankman

Helen Maryles Shankman was born in Austin, Texas in 1876. She is the only child of Dr. Robert Shankman, a surgeon in Austin who is also responsible for establishing the University of Texas Medical School. Helen's childhood was spent in the country living on her family's ranch where she learned to ride and rope cattle Read more

At age twenty-one she married Edmond Shankman, a newspaper editor, and quickly became an accomplished horsewoman, which also helped her in her role as a ranch manager.

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Rest in peace? Please, God, no. Haunt me, Sofia. You said you'd haunt me. Helen Maryles Shankman
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You can suck the life out of someone without ever touching a drop of their blood. --Raphael Sinclair Helen Maryles Shankman
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There’s no such thing as yesterday, he thought dully. Memory is just today, happening over and over again, stamped indelibly with regret. Helen Maryles Shankman
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You should have noticed by now, sometimes a monster looks just like any other man. Helen Maryles Shankman
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If an ordinary man can be tapped to be the Messiah...then perhaps any one of us is capable of bringing about the Redemption. Helen Maryles Shankman
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What else could I do? You couldn't just say no. I had to think about...my...position. Helen Maryles Shankman
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The terrible things that happen to us, ” Tessa said slowly. “What wedo with them... I think that’s what makes us artists. Helen Maryles Shankman