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I've always felt happy in my own company. It's only when I get around other people that things get sticky.


Helen Oyeyemi

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HELEN ROWLAND Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts and his higher nature -- ...
HELEN ROWLAND One man's folly is often another man's wife.
HELEN ROWLAND Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange ...
HELEN KELLER I have often been asked, Do not people bore you? I do not understand quite what that means. I suppos...
HELEN KELLER Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.
HELEN KELLER We may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the...
HELEN KELLER I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to my playing par...
HELEN ALFREDSSON Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a ...
HELEN ROWLAND In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced.
HELEN ROWLAND There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king am...
HELEN KELLER God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.
HELEN KELLER When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the ...
HELEN ROWLAND No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.
HELEN ROWLAND If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't...
HELEN LAWRENSON Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows
HELEN NIELSEN The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.
HELEN KELLER I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and becaus...
HELEN KELLER Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow
HELEN KELLER Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free s...
HELEN KELLER I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
HELEN KELLER If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin o...
HELEN KELLER The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the he...
HELEN KELLER Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often ...
HELEN KELLER