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Desa Emini
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“I was born without a voice, one cold, overcast day in Brooklyn, New York. No one ever spoke of my condition. I did not know I was mute until years later, when I opened my mouth to ask for what I wanted and realized no one could hear me.”
― A Woman Is No Man
― A Woman Is No Man

“She was like the sun,
She knew her place in the world -
She would shine again regardless
of all the storms and changeable weather
She wouldn't adjust her purpose
for things that pass.”
―
She knew her place in the world -
She would shine again regardless
of all the storms and changeable weather
She wouldn't adjust her purpose
for things that pass.”
―

“Then you have to remember to be thankful; but in May one simply can't help being thankful . . . that they are alive, if for nothing else. I feel exactly as Eve must have felt in the garden of Eden before the trouble began.”
― Anne of Avonlea
― Anne of Avonlea

“A life without God is a tragic voyage on Earth because, in life, there is a certain void that only God can fill.”
― Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration
― Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration

“Travelling ought also to teach him distrust; but at the same time he will discover, how many trully goodnatured people there are.”
― Voyage of the Beagle
― Voyage of the Beagle
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