“ Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn. Daniel Keyes
“ Because I want to see. I've got to know what's going to happen while I'm still enough in control to be able to do something about it. Daniel Keyes
“ All the barriers were gone. I had unwound the string she had given me, and found my way out of the labyrinth to where she was waiting. I loved her with more than my body. Daniel Keyes
“ But I've learned that intelligence alone doesn't mean a damned thing. Here in your university, intelligence, education, knowledge, have all become great idols. But I know now there's one thing you've… Daniel Keyes
“ Here look at me. I'm Charlie, the son you wrote off the books? Not that I blame you for it, but here I am, all fixed up better than ever. Test me. Ask me questions. I speak twenty languages, living an… Daniel Keyes
“ Am I a genius? I don't think so. Not yet anyway. As Burt would put it, mocking the euphemisms of educational jargon, I'm exceptional-a democratic term used to avoid the damning labels of gifted and de… Daniel Keyes
“ Downhill. Thoughts of suicide to stop it all now while I am still in control and aware of the world around me. But then I think of Charlie waiting at the window. His life is not mine to throw away. I'… Daniel Keyes
“ Strauss again brought up my need to speak and wrtie simply and directly so that people will understand me. He reminds me that language is sometimes a barrier instead of a pathway. Ironic to find mysel… Daniel Keyes
“ No, you don't understand because it isn't happening to you, and no one can understand but me. I don't blame you. You've got your job to do, and your Ph.D. to get, and-oh, yes don't tell me, I know you… Daniel Keyes
“ It's a strange sensation to pick up a book you read and enjoyed just a few months ago and discover you don't remember it. Daniel Keyes
“ Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together. Daniel Keyes
“ Ordinary people, she said, can see only a little bit. They can't change much or go any higher than they are, but you're a genius. You'll keep going up and up, and see more and more. And each step will… Daniel Keyes
“ I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone. Daniel Keyes
“ The most important thing had always been what other people thought-appearances before herself or her family. And righteous about it. Time and again Matt had insisted that what others thought about you… Daniel Keyes
