I was a very active, normal, healthy, positive child. I had ... - Eleanor Roosevelt

"I was a very active, normal, healthy, positive child. I had a tendency to collect and care for wounded things."

Eleanor Roosevelt Nature

First Lady, Human Rights Activist American 1884–1962

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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway."

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."

"Nature teaches us about beauty."

"Nature teaches us patience and wisdom"

"Sometimes it snows in April."

"Every town has a soul, and Twin Peaks has a troubled one."