“I passed your floor on the way up, and now I’m passing it on the way down, and I don’t think I’ll be taking this elevator again.” — 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 got your job to do, and your Ph.D. to get, and-oh, yes don't tell me, I know you're… — 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
