Umar Khan
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Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt 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.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“She was excited by the idea of having something dedicated to her, but I don’t think she really liked it. Just goes to show that you can’t have everything you want in one woman. One more argument for polygamy.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“don’t pretend to understand the mystery of love, but this time it was more than sex, more than using a woman’s body. It was being lifted off the earth, outside fear and torment, being part of something greater than myself.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“He reminds me that language is sometimes a barrier instead of a pathway.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“and I have two minds. Theres the SUBCONSCIOUS and the CONSCIOUS (thats how you spell it) and one dont tell the other what its doing. They dont even talk to each other. Thats why I dream.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
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