Perthro

“The answer can't be found in books - or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to remain a child all your life. You've got to find the answer inside you - feel the right thing to do. Charlie, you've got to learn to trust yourself”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

“I started out the evening with every intention of being pleasant and making friends. But these days I have trouble getting through to people. I don’t know if it’s me or them, but any attempt at conversation usually fades away in a minute or two, and the barriers go up. Is it because they are afraid of me? Or is it that deep down they don’t care and I feel the same about them?”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

“But the deeper I get tangled up in this mass of dreams and memories the more I realize that emotional problems can’t be solved as intellectual problems are.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

“There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon