Im like a man whos been half-asleep all his life, trying to find out what he was like before he woke up. — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“So even if I’m getting intelligent and learning a lot of new things, he thinks I’m still a boy about women. It’s… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
...Don't feel sorry for me. I'm glad I had a second chance in life like you said to be smart because I… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“A short while ago I foolishly thought I could learn everything - all the knowledge in the world. Now I hope only… — 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
“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
“I'm living at a peak of clarity and beauty I never knew existed. Every part of me is attuned to the work.… — 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
I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been. — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“I’m like a man who’s been half-asleep all his life, trying to find out what he was like before he woke up.” — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“Is life worth living in the jaws of society's trash can for misfit minds? What can I possibly achieve or contribute to… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“Life and work are the most wonderful things a man can have. I am in love with what I am doing, because… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“One of the things that confuses me is never really knowing when something comes up from my past, whether it really happened… — 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
“I'm living at a peak of clarity and beauty I never knew existed. Every part of me is attuned to the work.… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“I see now that when Norma flowered in our garden I became a weed, allowed to exist only where I would not be seen,… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“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… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“April 6—Today, I learned, the comma, this is, a, comma (,) a period, with, a tail, Miss Kinnian, says its, importent, because, it makes… — 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, I'm exceptional-a… — 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 idols. But… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
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… — 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 left off.… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
I put Algernon's body in a cheese box and buried him in the backyard. I cried. — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
