"In a word, 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… - Helen Keller

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

In a word, literature is my utopia.

Literature is my Utopia...No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book-friends

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.

Many scholars forget, it seems to me, that our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.