... two great areas of deafness existed in the South: White Southerners had no ears to hear that which threatened their Dream. And... colored Southerners had none to hear that which could reduce their anger.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to deafness, nearsightedness, lameness, and involuntary cruelty. We se...em tragically unable to help one another, to understand one another.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Instead of giving in to the greatest misfortune that can happen at my age, deafness, I busy myself in searching out all possible c...ompensations, and I apply myself much more to all the amusements that are here within my grasp.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Deafness produces bizarre effects, reversing the natural order of things; the interchange of letters is the conversation of the de...af, and the only link with society. I would be in despair, for instance, over seeing you speak, but, instead, I am only too happy to hear you write.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Poor children live in a particularly dangerous world--an urban world of broken stair railings, of busy streets serving as playgrou...nds, of lead paint, rats and rat poisons, or a rural world where families do not enjoy the minimal levels of public health accepted as standard for nearly a century. Whether in city or country, this is a world where cavities go unfilled and ear infections threatening permanent deafness go untreated. It is world where even a small child learns to be ashamed of the way he or she lives.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It amazes me when I hear any person prefer blindness to deafness. Such a person must have a terrible dread of being alone. Blindne...ss makes one totally dependent on others, and deprives us of every satisfaction that results from light.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »