One's life story cannot be told with complete veracity. A true autobio…

Helen Keller
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One's life story cannot be told with complete veracity. A true autobiography would have to be written in states of mind, emotions, heartbeats, smiles and tears; not in months and years, or physical events. Life is marked off on the soul by feelings, not by dates. ✨ Helen Keller, Kim E. Nielsen (2005). Helen Keller: Selected Writings, p.142, NYU Press
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