Flowers for Algernon

"I've learned that intelligence without compassion is just cruelty with better words."

"Being smart doesn't teach you how to be human."

"Love requires a kind of blindness that intelligence destroys."

"I'm afraid of going back, but I'm more afraid of staying where I am."

"The mind is a terrible thing to waste, but it's also a terrible thing to have."

"I want to be remembered for more than just a procedure."

"Success feels hollow when you're the only one who remembers what it was like before."

"The past is something I can't escape, even when I'm running from it."

"Algernon was my friend before he was my mirror."

"Understanding others is a burden I didn't ask for."

"They used to laugh at me, now I'm laughing at them, but I'm not happy."

"I'm living two lives at once, and I don't know which one is real."

"I've got to keep thinking about tomorrow, about the future, even if there is no future."

"Knowledge is an unfinished thing. It always leaves you wanting more."

"Now I understand what loneliness is. It isn't the being alone that matters. It's the being unliked."

"I want to know what happens when I forget how to forget."

"The only real difference between me and them is that they were born into a world that expected them to be intelligent."

"I'm not sure what the sum of my life is yet, because I haven't finished living it."

"Forgive me for being human."

"I've been both god and fool."

"Some knowledge cannot be unlearned."

"The mouse was braver than I am."

"I was happy, and that should have been enough."

"The operation changed everything and nothing."

"I understand now why they feared my intelligence."

"The cure became worse than the disease."

"Achoo goodbye, world."

"Thank you for making me human, even briefly."

"I've touched the stars and now I'm falling."

"Will I remember myself when I slip back?"