Quote by Lou Ann Walker Download Open image ““Less and less we were freaks. More and more we were curiosities.”” — Lou Ann Walker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I already felt like the freak of freaks without the added realization that I lacked the basic ability of communicating normally with other human… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“... discovering how freaky the freaks can be - and wonder at the certainty that I will never stop wondering.” — Lola Smirnova Copy Share Image
“we're all freaks sometimes, Melody," he replied. "You're just... well, better at it than most.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“To her eyes, used to diversity, there was a troubling uniformity about them all, something that spoke of isolation, and a dull and thoughtless… — Jack Ketchum Copy Share Image
“It made me want more of nothing. Less of things, more of air and freedom and space and quiet and sunshine.” — Katie Kacvinsky Copy Share Image
“It’s less about the things that happen and more about how you react to them.” — Robert J. Crane Copy Share Image
“I’m beginning to think that maybe there’s no such thing as freaks and geeks. Maybe we’re all just people looking for our people, our… — C.C. Payne Copy Share Image
“It's so easy to see people as less than they are, as less than people.” — Lori Wick Copy Share Image
“From 1963 through 1965, a nationwide epidemic of rubella—German measles—caused thousands of women to deliver babies who were handicapped in some way:” — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
“there are signs that are parodies of actual objects and that retain a cleverness even for deaf people. Indeed, these signs are to sight… — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
“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… — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
“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… — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
“One story was about a deaf man who was driving in the country, when safety bars were lowered across the road at a railroad crossing. The train passed, but the bars weren’t raised. Finally, the man went to the stationmaster and wrote him a note: “Please but.” That’s the punch line. The joke is that the sign for “but” is… — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share
“Mom turned to me, puzzled. In sign language, she asked, “What was Grandpa saying in the kitchen?” My heart froze.” — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
“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… — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
“her parents had no way of telling her she was going away to school.” — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
“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… — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
“Like virtually all schools for the deaf at that time, the Indiana State School emphasized oral skills: speaking and lipreading.” — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
“Over the centuries people have blamed everything from eating a green chestnut to being cursed by a gypsy. Others have cited being frightened by… — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
