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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Approximate author period: c. 1924 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Helen Keller
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1924 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1880 to 1968; Wikidata Q38203, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38203 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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