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title: "2 Deafness Quotes By Lou Ann Walker"
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> [“Over the centuries people have blamed everything from eating a green chestnut to being cursed by a gypsy. Others have cited being frightened by a burglar, consuming improper combinations of food, and thinking and speaking impure thoughts as direct causes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/over-the-centuries-people-have-blamed-everything-from-eating-a-green/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/lou-ann-walker-11436_deafness_over-the-centuries-people-have-blamed-ev_815689.jpg)

> [“For so long I’d been doing what I’d accused other people of doing—I was seeing the deafness, not the people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/for-so-long-i-d-been-doing-what-i-d-accused-other-people-of-doing-i/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/lou-ann-walker-11436_quote_for-so-long-i-d-been-doing-what-i-d-accu_1097689.jpg)

## Other authors on Deafness

## More by Lou Ann Walker

> [“From 1963 through 1965, a nationwide epidemic of rubella—German measles—caused thousands of women to deliver babies who were handicapped in some way:”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/from-1963-through-1965-a-nationwide-epidemic-of-rubella-german/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“there are signs that are parodies of actual objects and that retain a cleverness even for deaf people. Indeed, these signs are to sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/there-are-signs-that-are-parodies-of-actual-objects-and-that-retain-a/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“I was the only student she’d taught who’d actually known any deaf people. Most of the students in my courses were there because they’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/i-was-the-only-student-she-d-taught-who-d-actually-known-any-deaf/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“It was like the old joke: the operation was a success but the patient died. Theories and goals of education don’t matter a whit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/it-was-like-the-old-joke-the-operation-was-a-success-but-the-patient/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“One story was about a deaf man who was driving in the country, when safety bars were lowered across the road at a railroad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/one-story-was-about-a-deaf-man-who-was-driving-in-the-country-when/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“Mom turned to me, puzzled. In sign language, she asked, “What was Grandpa saying in the kitchen?” My heart froze.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/mom-turned-to-me-puzzled-in-sign-language-she-asked-what-was-grandpa/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“Less and less we were freaks. More and more we were curiosities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/less-and-less-we-were-freaks-more-and-more-we-were-curiosities/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“By the time we got back to his house, Grandpa couldn’t reproduce the two signs he’d learned, but he hurried inside to describe to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/by-the-time-we-got-back-to-his-house-grandpa-couldn-t-reproduce-the/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“her parents had no way of telling her she was going away to school.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/her-parents-had-no-way-of-telling-her-she-was-going-away-to-school/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“And then she made a sign that sent a chill up my spine. It was a slang sign meaning “I’m deaf,” but it’s crudely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/and-then-she-made-a-sign-that-sent-a-chill-up-my-spine-it-was-a-slang/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“Like virtually all schools for the deaf at that time, the Indiana State School emphasized oral skills: speaking and lipreading.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/like-virtually-all-schools-for-the-deaf-at-that-time-the-indiana/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“So much had been lost.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/so-much-had-been-lost/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“Over the centuries people have blamed everything from eating a green chestnut to being cursed by a gypsy. Others have cited being frightened by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/over-the-centuries-people-have-blamed-everything-from-eating-a-green/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“to leave a child without language for a moment longer than is absolutely necessary seems cruel to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/to-leave-a-child-without-language-for-a-moment-longer-than-is/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

> [“This work was throwing me into the intimate functioning of people’s lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-ann-walker/this-work-was-throwing-me-into-the-intimate-functioning-of-people-s/)

[Lou Ann Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-ann-walker/)

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