helen keller

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noun United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968)

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Helen Keller Falls Off Stage | Manolith 2010
But of course, I was just a kid at the time, and while I was feeling the itchings of queer love, i didn't know what it was beyond "boy, it must be really really wrong"--and oddly, helen keller was sort of the "thing" that made me aware that queer love must be "wrong"--if living together in such an intimate way doesn't naturally lead to a romantic loving relationship--its only because that romantic love must be profoundly wrong, you know?

Blind Rage and the legacy of Helen Keller Kay Olson 2006
helen keller said, “security is mostly a superstition. it does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”

wasp. | Mind on Fire 2003