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“I see now that when Norma flowered in our garden I became a weed, allowed to exist only where I would not be seen, in corners and dark places.”

“Only a short time ago, I learned that people laughed at me. Now I can see that unknowingly I joined them in laughing at myself. That hurts most of all.”

“Even a feeble minded man wants to be like other men.”

“How can I make him understand that he did not create me?”

“‘But I’m not an inanimate object,’ I argued. ‘I’m a /person/.’
He looked confused for a moment and then laughed. ‘Of course, Charlie. But I wasn’t referring to now. I meant before the operation.’”

“People think it’s funny when a dumb person can't do things the same way they can.”

"If they gave him enough time— if they didn't rush him or push him too fast— he would get it. But nobody has time.”