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The Story of My Life

Helen Keller

… literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. 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.

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Reading is where the speaker feels fully included. Nothing blocks the way in, and books become friends who talk without any awkwardness or stumbling. Calling literature a Utopia suggests a place built exactly to one's measure, where belonging comes automatically and conversation feels easy.

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