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My father was in the paper recycling business back before they called it recycling.

I've learned that intelligence alone doesn't mean a damn thing. It only leads to violence and pain.

I thought: 'My education is driving a wedge between me and the people I love.' And then I wondered: 'What would happen if it were possible to increase a person's intelligence?'

I love the fact that 'Flowers for Algernon' is doing its part to get people reading.

Its easy to make frends if you let pepul laff at you.

How can I make him understand that he did not create me? He makes the same mistake as the others when they look at a feeble-minded person and laugh because they don't understand there are human feelings involved.

Strange about learning; the farther I go the more I see that I never knew even existed.

Life and work are the most wonderful things a man can have.

Im like a man whos been half-asleep all his life, trying to find out what he was like before he woke up.

Remembering how my mother looked before she gave birth to my sister is frightening. But even more frightening is the feeling that I wanted them to catch me and beat me. Why did I want to be punished? Shadows out of the past clutch at my legs and drag me down. I open my mouth to scream, but I am voiceless. My hands are trembling, I feel cold, and there is a distant humming in my ears.

If your smart you can have lots of frends to talk to and you never get lonley by yourself all the time.

People think it's funny when a dumb person can't do things the same way they can.

Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn.

There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.

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 say?

The answer can't be found in books - or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to remain a child all your life. You've got to find the answer inside you - feel the right thing to do. Charlie, you've got to learn to trust yourself

Only a short time ago, I learned that people laughed at me. Now I can see that unknowingly I joined them in laughing at myself. That hurts the most.

I can't afford to spend my time with anyone - there's only enough left for myself

When he admitted this to me, I found myself almost annoyed. It was as if he'd hidden this part of himself in order to deceive me, pretending-- as do many people I've discovered--to be what he is not. No one I've ever known is what he appears to be on the surface.

Just leave me alone. I'm not myself. I'm falling apart, and I don't want you here.

Why am I always looking at life through a window?