Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) scientist and inventor known for his work on the telephone
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“Whenever she turned her steep focus to me, I felt the warmth that flowers must feel when they bloom through the snow, under the first concentrated rays of the sun.”
— Janet Fitch, book White Oleander
Source: White Oleander
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