"Just leave me alone. I'm not myself. I'm falling apart, and I don't want you here."

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Source : Daniel Keyes (2007). “Flowers for Algernon”, p.300, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Daniel Keyes

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“Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for.”
“The last thing I ever thought would ever happen to me was losing my legs.”
“In the US the overwhelming majority of those executed are psychotic, alcoholic, drug addicted or mentally unstable. They frequently are raised in an impoverished and abusive environment. Seldom are people with money or prestige convicted of capital offenses, even more seldom are they executed.”
“The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways.”
“I'm fascinated with genetic science, and I have been for a very long time. I always look at science and technology because I think that the developments in my lifetime have been so remarkable - and we're only at the tip of the iceberg with projects like decoding the human genome.”
“Worry is a mean-faced dwarf who beats on your heart like a kettledrum.”
“You see, Mr. President - real leaders don't follow polls. Real leaders change polls.”

Source : Speech at the Republican National Convention, www.foxnews.com. August 28, 2012.
“For pure joy, I look at a small painting by Arbit Blatas. An ocean liner is at the center of the composition, perhaps ready to depart. It holds the promise of discovery.”

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