Charlie Gordon

Character in Flowers for Algernon From: Flowers for Algernon

Protagonist; intellectually disabled man who undergoes experimental surgery

406 quotes

"The more I learn, the more alone I become."
Solitude
"Success means nothing if you lose yourself in the pursuit of it."
Success
"Algernon shows me what I will become."
"I want to help others who are like I was."
Kindness
"They expect me to be grateful for this curse."
"I've loved and lost what I'll never have again."
Love
"Intelligence breeds nothing but suffering."
Philosophy
"The greatest tragedy is understanding what you're losing."
"I was a better man when I was simple."
Wisdom
"Please don't hate me for what I became."
Hope
"Memory is both a gift and a curse."
Creativity
"The world is beautiful when you don't understand it."
Beauty
"I've learned that love transcends intelligence."
Love
"The operation was the greatest and worst thing that ever happened to me."
Change
"Ignorance would have been safer."
Wisdom
"I see the truth about humanity now."
Truth
"Will I remember myself when I slip back?"
Fear
"I've touched the stars and now I'm falling."
Dreams
"Thank you for making me human, even briefly."
Gratitude
"Achoo goodbye, world."
Death
"The cure became worse than the disease."
Health
"I understand now why they feared my intelligence."
"The operation changed everything and nothing."
"I was happy, and that should have been enough."
Happiness
"The mouse was braver than I am."
Courage
"Some knowledge cannot be unlearned."
Knowledge
"I've been both god and fool."
Philosophy
"Forgive me for being human."
Kindness
"I'm not sure what the sum of my life is yet, because I haven't finished living it."
Life
"The only real difference between me and them is that they were born into a world that expected them to be intelligent."
Knowledge