Time is the measure of that which changes. Helen Kieran Reilly More Quotes by Helen Kieran Reilly More Quotes From Helen Kieran Reilly Beauty is only bearable when you're happy. Helen Kieran Reilly bearable beauty Do good and throw it in the sea; if God doesn't see it, the fishes will. Helen Kieran Reilly fishes ifs sea emotion without discipline is as dangerous as a high-powered car without brakes. Helen Kieran Reilly car discipline emotion On the whole, mental archaeology was a sordid digging proposition. The evil men did endured, the good was infinitely more ephemeral. You could generally find out whether a man had been a horse-thief, or an embezzler or a wife-beater, if you worked hard enough, but acts of kindness, of charity, a gay spirit, vanished without leaving a trace. Helen Kieran Reilly horse gay kindness Domesticity was meat and drink to Mouse, and she liked taking care of people. She had done it for so long that it had become a habit with her. Helen Kieran Reilly meat long people Joy could be as exhausting as grief. Helen Kieran Reilly exhausting grief joy You trust wholly or not at all. Trust was not divisible. Helen Kieran Reilly trust