Charlie Gordon

"Algernon's decline was my future written in another's tragedy"

"I became a monster by becoming too much myself"

"Perhaps I always was the experiment, just not the kind anyone expected"

"I'm not really smart. I just happen to have a good memory."

"Ignorance is bliss, but I can no longer be ignorant."

"I want to be smart but not if it means losing myself."

"What they did to Algernon, they did to me."

"I used to be happy in my ignorance. Now that I know, I cannot unknow."

"The greatest tragedy is to gain everything and lose yourself in the process."

"I've seen the world as a genius sees it. I cannot go back to who I was."

"The only real failure is not trying, but the greater failure is changing and losing everything."

"Algernon was always smarter than me. At least she had an excuse when she failed."

"I want people to like me, not respect me out of fear of my intelligence."

"I realized that being smart means understanding how much I don't know."

"Algernon showed me that the experiment has limits we cannot control."

"I was happier before. But happiness built on ignorance is not worth having."

"The tragedy is that intelligence made me alone."

"I remember being happy. I remember being simple. But I also remember becoming."

"I want to go back, but the door only opens one way."

"Understanding love means understanding pain."

"The smartest thing I ever did was learn to forgive myself."

"Algernon's decline was my prophecy."

"I learned that being human means accepting limitations."

"My mind raced toward answers, but my heart stayed behind."

"I've touched genius, and it burned me."

"Being smart made me understand how fragile everything is."

"I am both the scientist and the experiment."

"The mouse knew its limitation. I had to learn mine."

"I'm not sure what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be and find out that you're not the man you thought you would be."

"The more intelligent you become the more problems you'll have."