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Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon Quotes: A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.
         

A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.


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A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.
         



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I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.

I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.



I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.

I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.




What an incredible thing! How much less they had than other human beings. Mentally retarded, deaf, mute - and still eagerly sanding benches.

What an incredible thing! How much less they had than other human beings. Mentally retarded, deaf, mute - and still eagerly sanding benches.



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

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



Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together.

Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together.



A short while ago I foolishly thought I could learn everything - all the knowledge in the world. Now I hope only to be able to know of its existence, and to understand one grain of it.

A short while ago I foolishly thought I could learn everything - all the knowledge in the world. Now I hope only to be able to know of its existence, and to understand one grain of it.



Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.

Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.



I just want to be smart like other pepul so I can have lots of frends who like me.

I just want to be smart like other pepul so I can have lots of frends who like me.



That's the most important thing. If I keep reading, maybe I can hold my own.

That's the most important thing. If I keep reading, maybe I can hold my own.





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When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.



For a person to be truly discipled and growing in their faith, they need more than one person discipling them.

For a person to be truly discipled and growing in their faith, they need more than one person discipling them.



For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?

For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?



We have this obsession with broken homes. Everyone wants to find a problem with it, but not me. I had great homes. Both my parents remarried and I got more people to learn from!

We have this obsession with broken homes. Everyone wants to find a problem with it, but not me. I had great homes. Both my parents remarried and I got more people to learn from!



No. Not really. A weapon didn't come to an agreement with the hand that held it.

No. Not really. A weapon didn't come to an agreement with the hand that held it.



Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.



And what I have, what I am, is enough, was always enough for me, and as far as my dear little sweet little future is concerned I have no qualms, I have a good time coming.

And what I have, what I am, is enough, was always enough for me, and as far as my dear little sweet little future is concerned I have no qualms, I have a good time coming.



Prayer is the supreme way to be workers together with God.

Prayer is the supreme way to be workers together with God.




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