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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

by Haben Girma

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“He saw now the ways in which they tried to be careful with each other, afraid of hitting those raw places where they might hurt each other almost without trying. But sparing another person is a tricky thing. It’s easy to think you’re succeeding when you’re failing spectacularly.”
― Holly Black, The Darkest Part of the Forest

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“Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare’s kings to Merry England; he went with Lord Byron poetry to Spain and Portugal. Literature allowed him to transcend his surroundings.”
― Doris Kearns Goodwin

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“it speaks of such integrity to refuse to pretend that you’re doing well just to help other people deal with the fact that sometimes we face an impossible loss.”
― Anne Lamott, Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace

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“Relearn astonishment.”
― Elias Canetti

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“She walked to the front door. 'Hello?'
'Hello,' a woman's voice said.
'Are you a Witness?'
'I swear to God I didn't see a thing.”
― Anne Lamott, Rosie

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