Charlie Gordon

"If I ever do marry a woman she'll demand that I sign a letter that says I'm obligated to kill myself if she deceives me."

"Watching them made me realize that people are not always what they seem to be."

"I don't know what's worse—to live among people who don't understand you, or to live in your mind and never be part of the world."

"Once you have tasted the fruit of knowledge, you cannot go back to living like you did before."

"I am learning to see things as they really are, not as I wish them to be."

"Pity is a wonderful emotion, but it makes you feel lonely."

"The reason people laugh at me isn't because I'm stupid—it's because they're afraid."

"I am three people—Charlie the child, Charlie the man, and Charlie the mind."

"Love is when another person's happiness is more important than your own."

"I used to think I was stupid because I couldn't do what others could. Now I know others are limited because they won't try."

"The faster we rise, the faster we must fall."

"What is intelligence if it cannot buy you happiness?"

"I'm aware now that I can never go back to what I was. The past is a closed door."

"The only real freedom is the freedom to be ourselves, flaws and all."

"I realize now that being smart doesn't make you better—it only makes you different."

"The heart understands what the mind cannot explain."

"Every rise must have a corresponding fall—that's the nature of the universe."

"I wanted so badly to belong that I forgot I was already someone."

"The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference."

"I now understand that kindness is more valuable than genius."

"Time moves differently in the mind than in the world."

"I learned that being understood is more important than being right."

"The future is a country I cannot map with present understanding."

"Genius without compassion is just cruelty with a higher IQ."

"I am becoming someone I was meant to be, but I'm losing who I was."

"People fear what they cannot understand, and they destroy what they fear."

"I wanted to be exceptional, but I've learned that ordinary might be enough."

"Growth is beautiful and terrible in equal measure."

"I now see that my greatest strength was my innocence."

"The experiment made me see that love matters more than intelligence."