Helen Keller on Her Life Before Self-Consciousness

Before my teacher first came to me, I did not know that I am. I lived in a world that was a no-world…I did not know that I know that I lived, or acted, or desired. I had neither will nor intellect. I was carried along to objects or acts by a certain blind natural impetus….I had a power of association…After repeatedly smelling rain and feeling the discomfort of wetness, I acted like those about me:…