“The most important thing had always been what other people thought-appearances before herself or her family. And righteous about it. Time and… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Downhill. Thoughts of suicide to stop it all now while I am still in control and aware of the world around me.… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“All the barriers were gone. I had unwound the string she had given me, and found my way out of the labyrinth… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“It's paradoxical that an ordinary man like Nemur presumes to devote himself to making other people geniuses. He would like to be… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“I may soon be coming to Warren, tos pend the rest of my life with the others...waiting.” — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Strauss again brought up my need to speak and wrtie simply and directly so that people will understand me. He reminds me… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
