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Helen Westley

  • ... now I am capable of youth, but not capable of few years — that is the pitiful thing.

    • Helen Westley,
    • 1917, in Djuna Barnes, I Could Never Be Lonely Without a Husband ()
  • ... poverty ... is very bad for the formation of a personality. ... Not until I knew for certain where my next meal would come from could I give myself up to ignoring that next meal; I could think of other things.

    • Helen Westley,
    • 1917, in Djuna Barnes, I Could Never Be Lonely Without a Husband ()

Helen Westley, U.S. actor, director

(1875 - 1942)

Real name: Henrietta Manney.