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Flowers for Algernon

Book by Daniel Keyes · 13 quotes · Men, Love, Want

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“Other people had something I lacked something denied me. In my mental blindness, I had believed it was somehow connected with the ability to read and write, and I was sure that if I could get those skills I would have intelligence too. Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men. A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.”

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“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 into sleep—ideas explode into my head like fireworks. There is no greater joy than the burst of solution to a problem. Incredible that anything could happen to take away this bubbling energy, the zest that fills everything I do. It's as if all the knowledge I've soaked in during the past months has coalesced and lifted me to a peak of light and understanding. This is beauty, love, and truth all rolled into one. This is joy.”

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“Today, I learned, the comma, this is, a, comma (,) a period, with, a tail, Miss Kinnian, says its, importent, because, it makes writing, better, she said, somebody, could lose, a lot, of money, if a comma, isnt in, the right, place, I got, some money, that I, saved from, my job, and what, the foundation, pays me, but not, much and, I dont, see how, a comma, keeps, you from, losing it, But, she says, everybody, uses commas, so Ill, use them, too,,,,”

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“Я ніколи раніше не чув, аби хтось сказав, що Бога може й не бути. Це налякало мене, бо вперше я почав думати про те, що означає Бог. Тепер я розумію, що одна з найважливіших причин, чому треба ходити до школи й здобувати освіту, полягає в тому, що те, у що ти вірив протягом усього свого життя, може бути неправдою, і ніщо не тим, чим воно здається. Весь той час, поки вони говорили й сперечалися, я відчував, як у мені наростає збудження. Ось чого я хотів - ходити до коледжу й слухати, як люди говорять про важливі речі.”

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“Я тихо увійшов до свого помешкання й постояв там у темряві, не наважуючись ворухнутися, не наважуючись увімкнути світло. Лише стояв там і відчував вихор у своїх очах. Що зі мною сталося? Чому я такий самотній у світі?”

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