“I’ve got this perception of Beethoven where he’s just, like, really pissed all the time. Yeah, ol’ Ludwig, he had a lot to pound on the piano bitterly about. I’m Germannnn! I’m deaffff! I’m bliiiind! My name is Ludwigggg! Was he blind? I’m pretty sure. Or, wait, maybe that was Helen Keller. Was he even German? Was she German? Is Ludwig a name? I’m starting to worry I’m just making shit up.””
Quotes by Helen Johnson
Know Not Why
“It is silly”
This Waiting for Love: Helene Johnson, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance
“sheers.Garth’sDispensat.2. A reproachful name for a dark complexion. Laura, to his lady, was but a kitchen-wench; Dido a dowdy; Cleopatra a gipsy; Helen and Hero hildings and harlots.Shakespeare’sRomeo and Juliet.3. A””
A Dictionary of the English Language (Complete and Unabridged in Two Volumes), Volume One
Helen Johnson
Helen Johnson was an American author and activist known for her contributions to women's rights and social reform in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her most notable work, "Woman and the Repub...