Minded Person Quotes 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— Daniel Keyes

I put Algernon's body in a cheese box and buried him in the backyard. I cried.

— 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…

— Daniel Keyes

“Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men.”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Daniel Keyes