She stood, a little unsteadily, true, but on her own two feet. “It’s not my blindness that cripples me, it’s everyone else deciding I can’t live because of my blindness. If I stumble, if I run into things and fall and hurt myself it’s because I can and I’m free to do so, Maximus. Because without that freedom I’m just a dull, chained thing and I won’t be that woman anymore. I simply won’t, Maximus. Elizabeth Hoyt
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Ode to the woman who gave me life. She stood, a little unsteadily, true, but on her own two feet. She was not blind; she could see. But she did not let that fact hold her back or stop her from living.

She could see, but she did not let that fact stop her from living. She could see, but instead of letting it hold her back it made her braver and stronger. If only the rest of the world would look at blindness the way this woman did, I think the world would be a much better place.

Source: Dearest Rogue

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