Helen Keller Quote - As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
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As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

"As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision."
— Helen Keller
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The uploaded sentence changes the subject of Keller's original reflection. Her source passage contrasts selfishness and complaint with love, which she describes as renewing perception and joy.

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Origin of the quote

My Religion (1927), Chapter VII, page 170, contains the underlying passage about love.

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Attributed author: Helen Keller (original passage about love); unknown source of corrupted wording

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