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Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

Helen Keller

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Helen Keller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1880
Born: June 27
Died: 1968
Died: June 1
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Helen Adams Keller
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