Quotes of: Helen-keller Keyword

I had to get a close-hand view of the misery and unhappiness of a man made world, before I reached the point where I could successfully revolt against it.

My Own Story

I thought I had been a suffragist before I became a Poor Law Guardian, but now I began to think about the vote in women's hands not only as a right but as a desperate necessity.

My Own Story

Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it.

One Writer's Beginnings

That was our friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the other half." ~ Emmeline Pankhurst

The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement

... until it had acquired the strength to create in my mind a fresh example of absolute, unproductive beauty...

Swann's Way

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

The Points Of My Compass

If you bulk order enough sound, you get a discount by volume. The guys in the warehouse know me by the codename Helen Keller.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

A crime scene is a silent witness that speaks louder and clearer than any human. Just ask Helen Keller.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

This is how you get unstuck. You reach.

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

I ran a few miles, Davis, and they were musical. Then I made love like the sound of a trumpet, as heard by Helen Keller.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

No neurotic harbors thoughts of suicide which are not murderous impulses against others redirected upon himself.

Totem and Taboo

Fear begets fear. Power begets power. I willed myself to beget power.

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

I sell Jarod-shaped earplugs that just may plug up the hole in your heart. My earplugs are modeled after a nude Helen Keller.

Xazaqazax

I believe I am a witness to the Invisible Man, because I saw nothing. I’m just as reliable—and unreliable—as Helen Keller.

Xazaqazax

I put the hell in hello—especially when waving at my mother-in-law. If looks could kill, she’d wish she were Helen Keller.

Xazaqazax

I have the superhero gift of invisibility. I must be invisible, because the woman I love doesn’t see me. I might as well be into Helen Keller.

Xazaqazax

I’m a sound sleeper. Every time I hear a sound I wake up. Sometimes I envy Helen Keller.

Xazaqazax

I'm not sure about 'absolute' happiness, but I am happiest when I go to bed at night knowing that I tried to do my best that day.

Donald Ray Pollock

In a fascist system, it's not the lies that count but the muddying. When citizens can't tell real news from fake, they give up their demands for accountability bit by bit.

Naomi Wolf

Italy in the 1920s, Germany in the '30s, East Germany in the '50s, Czechoslovakia in the '60s, the Latin American dictatorships in the '70s, China in the '80s and '90s - all dictatorships and would-be dictators target newspapers and journalists.

Naomi Wolf