"Trying to write is very much like trying……" — Helen Keller
"Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to work out in words; but the words will not fit the spaces, or, if they do, they will not match the design."
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Helen Keller
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370 Quotes by Helen Keller
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