Punctuation, is? fun!

Daniel Keyes

Tags: humor punctuation



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I'm not close to him." He looked at me defiantly. "But he's put his whole life into this. He's no Freud or Jung or Pavlov or Watson, but he's doing something important and I respect his dedication - maybe even more because he's just an ordinary man trying to do a great man's work, while the great men are all busy making bombs.

Daniel Keyes


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

Daniel Keyes

Tags: life mental-health



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How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibilty, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes—how such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence.

Daniel Keyes


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That's the thing about human life--there is no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed.

Daniel Keyes


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I see now that 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 of many ways—and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.

Daniel Keyes

Tags: growth awareness



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

Daniel Keyes

Tags: inspirational



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Algernon is a pleasant companion. At mealtimes, he takes his place at the small gateleg table. He likes pretzels, and today he took a sip of beer while we watched the ballgame on TV. I think he rooted for the Yankees.

Daniel Keyes


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Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together. This kind of picture is a lie. Things are forced to fit because the writer or the director or somebody wanted something in that didn't belong. And it doesn't feel right.

Daniel Keyes


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

Daniel Keyes

Tags: on-fiction fiction



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