He told me that if you yelled out "JAMBA!" at full volume, all the employees would yell back "JUICE!" He lied.
Morgan MatsonTag: funny charlie brother amy
Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss.
Stephen ChboskyI wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense.
Stephen ChboskyTag: charlie
Life is the messy bits.
Lise FriedmanI ope ya don't mind, Charlie, but I borrowed one a ya effs.'
'Ya did?'
'Yeah.' he smiled. 'I told 'im to start finkin' smart.
but what they don't understand is that I'm living at a peak of clarity and beauty I never knew existed. Every part of me is attuned to the work. I soak it up into my pores during the day, and at night-in the moments before I pass off to sleep-ideas explode into my head like fireworks. There is no greater joy than the burst of solution to a problem.
Daniel KeyesTag: charlie flowers-for-algernon
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 I know now there's one thing you've all overlooked: intelligent and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn...Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love...Intelligence without the ability to give and receive affection leads to mental and moral breakdown, to neurosis, and possibly even psychosis.
Daniel KeyesTag: intelligence charlie flowers-for-algernon
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. I don't blame you. It's your body and your brain-and your life, even though you weren't able to make much use of it. I don't have the right to take it away from you. Nobody does. 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?...
Daniel KeyesTag: charlie flowers-for-algernon
All the barriers were gone. I had unwound the string she had given me, and found my way out of the labyrinth to where she was waiting. I loved her with more than my body.
Daniel KeyesTag: charlie flowers-for-algernon
Why am I always looking at life through a window?
Daniel KeyesTag: charlie flowers-for-algernon
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