"I am not a little girl anymore. I am a woman, and I have a right to my own life."

"The public must learn that the blind man is neither a genius nor a mountebank. He has a right to his share in the work of the world."

"I had no idea what I was to do with my life, but I was sure that I wanted to do something."

"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."

"It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision."