Charlie Quotes by Daniel Keyes

“I may soon be coming to Warren, tos pend the rest of my life with the others...waiting.”

— Daniel Keyes

There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin." --Charlie Gordan

— Daniel Keyes

Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men." --Charlie Gordan

— Daniel Keyes

Thank God for books and music and things I can think about." --Charlie Gordan

— Daniel Keyes

“All the barriers were gone. I had unwound the string she had given me, and found my way out of the labyrinth…

— Daniel Keyes

“Downhill. Thoughts of suicide to stop it all now while I am still in control and aware of the world around me.…

— Daniel Keyes

The answer can't be found in books - or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to…

— Daniel Keyes

“And other times there would be tenderness and holding-close liek a warm bath, and hands stroking my hair and brow, and the…

— Daniel Keyes

“My studies are going well. The university library is my second home now. They've had to get me a private room because…

— Daniel Keyes

“Strauss again brought up my need to speak and wrtie simply and directly so that people will understand me. He reminds me…

— 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…

— 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,…

— Daniel Keyes

“but what they don't understand is that I'm living at a peak of clarity and beauty I never knew existed. Every part…

— 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…

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“The feeling of cold grayness was everywhere around me-a sense of resignation. There had been no talk of rehabilitation, of cure, of…

— 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…

— Daniel Keyes

“You want these back, don't you? You want me out of here so you can come back and take over where you…

— 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…

— Daniel Keyes