Daniel Keyes Quote
If I didn't understand what was happening at the time, he says, then it doesn't matter. I'm no more to blame than the knife is to blame in a stabbing, or the car in a collision. But I'm not an inanimate object, I argued. I'm a .He looked confused for a moment and then laughed. Of course, Charlie. But I wasn't referring to now. I meant before the operation.Smug, pompous—I felt like hitting him too. I was a person before the operation. In case you forgot—Yes, of course, Charlie. Don't misunderstand. But it was different... And then he remembered that he had to check some charts in the lab.
Daniel Keyes
If I didn't understand what was happening at the time, he says, then it doesn't matter. I'm no more to blame than the knife is to blame in a stabbing, or the car in a collision. But I'm not an inanimate object, I argued. I'm a .He looked confused for a moment and then laughed. Of course, Charlie. But I wasn't referring to now. I meant before the operation.Smug, pompous—I felt like hitting him too. I was a person before the operation. In case you forgot—Yes, of course, Charlie. Don't misunderstand. But it was different... And then he remembered that he had to check some charts in the lab.
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About Daniel Keyes
Daniel Keyes (August 9, 1927 – June 15, 2014) was an American writer who wrote the novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.