Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.

Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Another Darkness Emptiness Fell Fingers Future Hand Heart Knew Life Little Living My Life Once Only Past Rapture Stillness Without Word

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