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Helen Keller tells the stories of her unusual life. Keller shocked the world with her intelligence and her zest for life; people with disabilities in earlier times were shut away and never allowed to develop to their full potential. Keller befriended a Who's Who of the intellectual celebrities of her time, and much of the book describes her times with those folks. I was especially taken with the parts of the book where Keller details the ways she learned to communicate with others and to find ou
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What a grit and determination. She couldn’t have pulled off all the education and life in general without Ms. Sullivan but still. It’s a remarkable story.
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Things seen are temporal but things unseen are eternal.
There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness. ...more
Memorable quotes:
Things seen are temporal but things unseen are eternal.
There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness. ...more
Jul 21, 2013
Laura
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