"She talked to me like I was just like any other student, not a kid in a wheelchair."

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Source : Sharon M. Draper (2010). “Out of My Mind”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

Sharon M. Draper

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“Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.”

Source : Hugh Prather (2001). “Love and Courage”, p.68, Conari Press
“Every night before bed, I rub my wife's feet. She says they're the best foot rubs on Earth.”
“I will greet this day with love in my heart. And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love and be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit. I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome happiness as it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.”
“The State is not, as many political scientists would make it, an inanimate thing; it consists of people, human beings, each of whom operates under an inner compulsion to get the most out of life with the least expenditure of labor.”
“It's an odd thing to go to New York to shoot a movie that is set in Indiana.”
“The hands of those I meet are dumbly eloquent to me. The touch of some hands is an impertinence. I have met people so empty of joy, that when I clasped their frosty finger-tips, it seemed as if I were shaking hands with a northeast storm. Others there are whose hands have sunbeams in them, so that their grasp warms my heart. It may be only the clinging touch of a child's hand; but there is as much potential sunshine in it for me as there is in a loving glance for others. A hearty handshake or a friendly letter gives me genuine pleasure.”
“Neither of the two people in the room paid any attention to the way I came in, although only one of them was dead.”
“If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract them from making a difference and becoming leaders.”

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