Daniel Keyes

Oscar-winning film Charly starring Cliff Robertson and Claire Bloom-a mentally challenged man receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache.

Flowers for Algernon

Aske Dørge

Amalie Elisabeth

Alec Karlen

“I’m going to goose her if she wiggles her fanny at me again.”

Michelle Yang

“I can’t decide for you, Charlie. 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.”

Although we know the end of the maze holds death…I see now that the path I choose through that maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being—one of many ways—and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.

“There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection. That’s what I mean.”

“I passed your floor on the way up, and now I’m passing it on the way down, and I don’t think I’ll be taking this elevator again.”

Jillian Roberts

I wanted to get up and show everyone what a fool he was, to shout at him: 

I’m a human being, a person—with parents and memories and a history—and I was before you ever wheeled me into that operating  room! 

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