Quote by Daniel Keyes Download Open image ““the men of the cave would say of him that up he went and down he came without his eyes”” — Daniel Keyes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
And now - Plato's words mock me in the shadows on the ledge behind the flames: '...the men of the cave would say of… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“For the first time she could see a man's head naked of its skull. Saw the cunning thoughts race in and out through the… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
“His kind of man needed to lift up his eyes and look as far as possible beyond his own small, limited patch of ground.” — Robert Seethaler Copy Share Image
“His eyes had the ebb of his liver in them and he bore the air of a man who looks right at you and… — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
“Men are so blind in their impiety that, as it were, they bump into mountains and refuse to see what hits them in the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“For those living in a dark cave... sometimes all it takes is for someone to throw us a lifeline.” — Martin R. Lemieux Copy Share Image
“His own men, those who would attack in the morning, knelt on the earth, faces hidden behind one hand, in an agonizing tunnel of… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
“His green eyes were dark and dilated, and they locked with mine. I saw him then - the man, but also the animal that… — Meredith Wild Copy Share Image
“On the walls of the cave, only the shadows are the truth” — The Allegory of the Cave Plato Copy Share Image
“To think that I had almost fallen for the skin of his hands, his chest, his feet that had never touched a rough surface… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“He saw a blinded convulsing body thrown down into an open grave. It was an image he could not escape.” — Shane K.P. O'Neill Copy Share Image
“He had never seen such eyes before, not even in the faces of soldiers unmanned in the midst of great carnage. Eyes like black… — Greg Iles 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
