--- title: "18 Charlie Quotes By Daniel Keyes" description: "18 Charlie quotes by Daniel Keyes. Plus more from Daniel Keyes and more Charlie sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/daniel-keyes-3679_book_thank-god-for-books-and-music-and-things_1093076.png" --- > [Thank God for books and music and things I can think about." --Charlie Gordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/thank-god-for-books-and-music-and-things-i-can-think-about-charlie/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/daniel-keyes-3679_book_thank-god-for-books-and-music-and-things_1093076.png) > [“I may soon be coming to Warren, tos pend the rest of my life with the others...waiting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/i-may-soon-be-coming-to-warren-tos-pend-the-rest-of-my-life-with-the/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_i-may-soon-be-coming-to-warren-tos-pend_2639485.jpg) > [There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin." --Charlie Gordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/there-are-so-many-doors-to-open-i-am-impatient-to-begin-charlie-gordan/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_there-are-so-many-doors-to-open-i-am-imp_3044103.png) > [Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men." --Charlie Gordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/even-a-feeble-minded-man-wants-to-be-like-other-men-charlie-gordan/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_even-a-feeble-minded-man-wants-to-be-lik_3052018.png) > [“And other times there would be tenderness and holding-close liek a warm bath, and hands stroking my hair and brow, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/and-other-times-there-would-be-tenderness-and-holding-close-liek-a/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_and-other-times-there-would-be-tendernes_519027.jpg) > [“Strauss again brought up my need to speak and wrtie simply and directly so that people will understand me. He reminds me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/strauss-again-brought-up-my-need-to-speak-and-wrtie-simply-and/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_strauss-again-brought-up-my-need-to-spea_3232410.png) > [“My studies are going well. The university library is my second home now. They've had to get me a private room because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/my-studies-are-going-well-the-university-library-is-my-second-home/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/daniel-keyes-3679_books_my-studies-are-going-well-the-university_412795.png) > [“All the barriers were gone. I had unwound the string she had given me, and found my way out of the labyrinth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/all-the-barriers-were-gone-i-had-unwound-the-string-she-had-given-me/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_all-the-barriers-were-gone-i-had-unwound_477614.png) > [“Downhill. Thoughts of suicide to stop it all now while I am still in control and aware of the world around me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/downhill-thoughts-of-suicide-to-stop-it-all-now-while-i-am-still-in/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_downhill-thoughts-of-suicide-to-stop-it_311501.png) > [The answer can't be found in books - or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/the-answer-can-t-be-found-in-books-or-be-solved-by-bringing-it-to/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/daniel-keyes-3679_answers_the-answer-can-t-be-found-in-books-or-be_2958658.png) > [Here look at me. I'm Charlie, the son you wrote off the books? Not that I blame you for it, but here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/here-look-at-me-i-m-charlie-the-son-you-wrote-off-the-books-not-that/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/daniel-keyes-3679_ask-me_here-look-at-me-i-m-charlie-the-son-you_642442.png) > [“Am I a genius? I don't think so. Not yet anyway. As Burt would put it, mocking the euphemisms of educational jargon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/am-i-a-genius-i-don-t-think-so-not-yet-anyway-as-burt-would-put-it/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_am-i-a-genius-i-don-t-think-so-not-yet-a_90652.png) > [“but what they don't understand is that I'm living at a peak of clarity and beauty I never knew existed. Every part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/but-what-they-don-t-understand-is-that-i-m-living-at-a-peak-of/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/daniel-keyes-3679_beauty_but-what-they-don-t-understand-is-that-i_739835.png) > [“The most important thing had always been what other people thought-appearances before herself or her family. And righteous about it. Time and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/the-most-important-thing-had-always-been-what-other-people-thought/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/daniel-keyes-3679_appearances_the-most-important-thing-had-always-been_40813.png) > [“The feeling of cold grayness was everywhere around me-a sense of resignation. There had been no talk of rehabilitation, of cure, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/the-feeling-of-cold-grayness-was-everywhere-around-me-a-sense-of/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_the-feeling-of-cold-grayness-was-everywh_2909664.png) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/no-you-don-t-understand-because-it-isn-t-happening-to-you-and-no-one/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_no-you-don-t-understand-because-it-isn-t_2733613.png) > [“You want these back, don't you? You want me out of here so you can come back and take over where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/you-want-these-back-don-t-you-you-want-me-out-of-here-so-you-can-come/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_you-want-these-back-don-t-you-you-want-m_189564.jpg) > [“But I've learned that intelligence alone doesn't mean a damned thing. Here in your university, intelligence, education, knowledge, have all become great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/but-i-ve-learned-that-intelligence-alone-doesn-t-mean-a-damned-thing/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_but-i-ve-learned-that-intelligence-alone_91388.png) ## Other authors on Charlie ## More by Daniel Keyes > [The path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being--one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/the-path-i-choose-through-the-maze-makes-me-what-i-am-i-am-not-only-a/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) > [“I see now that when Norma flowered in our garden I became a weed, allowed to exist only where I would not be seen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/i-see-now-that-when-norma-flowered-in-our-garden-i-became-a-weed/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/the-most-important-thing-had-always-been-what-other-people-thought/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) > [“April 6—Today, I learned, the comma, this is, a, comma (,) a period, with, a tail, Miss Kinnian, says its, importent, because, it makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/april-6-today-i-learned-the-comma-this-is-a-comma-a-period-with-a/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/am-i-a-genius-i-don-t-think-so-not-yet-anyway-as-burt-would-put-it/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/but-i-ve-learned-that-intelligence-alone-doesn-t-mean-a-damned-thing/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) > [Who's to say that my light is better than your darkness? Who's to say death is better than your darkness? Who am I to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/who-s-to-say-that-my-light-is-better-than-your-darkness-who-s-to-say/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 left off.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/you-want-these-back-don-t-you-you-want-me-out-of-here-so-you-can-come/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) > [“I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/i-see-now-that-the-path-i-choose-through-the-maze-makes-me-what-i-am/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) > [I put Algernon's body in a cheese box and buried him in the backyard. I cried.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/i-put-algernon-s-body-in-a-cheese-box-and-buried-him-in-the-backyard/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) > [I’m “exceptional”- a democratic term used to avoid the damning labels of “gifted” and “deprived” (which used to mean “bright” and “retarded”) and as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/i-m-exceptional-a-democratic-term-used-to-avoid-the-damning-labels-of/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) > [“Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/even-a-feeble-minded-man-wants-to-be-like-other-men/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/downhill-thoughts-of-suicide-to-stop-it-all-now-while-i-am-still-in/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) > [“I hated her as I had never hated anyone before—with her easy answers and maternal fussing. I wanted to slap her face, to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/i-hated-her-as-i-had-never-hated-anyone-before-with-her-easy-answers/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) > [Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/intelligence-is-one-of-the-greatest-human-gifts-but-all-too-often-a/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charlie/daniel-keyes/#itemlist", "name": "18 Charlie Quotes By Daniel Keyes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.\" --Charlie Gordan", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Keyes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/thank-god-for-books-and-music-and-things-i-can-think-about-charlie/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/daniel-keyes-3679_book_thank-god-for-books-and-music-and-things_1093076.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/daniel-keyes-3679_book_thank-god-for-books-and-music-and-things_1093076.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/daniel-keyes-3679_book_thank-god-for-books-and-music-and-things_1093076.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.\" --Charlie Gordan” — Daniel Keyes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I may soon be coming to Warren, tos pend the rest of my life with the others...waiting.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Keyes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/i-may-soon-be-coming-to-warren-tos-pend-the-rest-of-my-life-with-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_i-may-soon-be-coming-to-warren-tos-pend_2639485.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_i-may-soon-be-coming-to-warren-tos-pend_2639485.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_i-may-soon-be-coming-to-warren-tos-pend_2639485.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I may soon be coming to Warren, tos pend the rest of my life with the others...waiting.” — Daniel Keyes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are so many doors to open. 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