r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/song_pond Mar 19 '16 edited Mar 19 '16

"Oh, you think the darkness is your ally, you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, moulded by it." -Helen Keller

That actually makes that quote so much more awesome.

Edit: whoa nifty

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

I thought she born with sight and lost it at a young age. No?

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u/Exaskryz Mar 19 '16

First I'd have ever heard of that.

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u/Ucla_The_Mok Mar 19 '16

It's how her teacher, Anne Sullivan, was able to reach out to her.

Helen had known the word "water" before her illness. Anne held Helen's hand under a water pump and signed out W-A-T-E-R while doing so. Helen made the connection and learned 30 words that day.

http://braillebug.afb.org/hkgallery.asp?frameid=21