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“Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love. This is something else I've discovered for myself very recently. I present it to you as a hypothesis: Intelligence without the ability to give and receive affection leads to mental and moral breakdown, to neurosis, and possibly even psychosis. And I say that the mind absorbed in and involved in itself as a self-centered end, to the exclusion of human relationships, can only lead to violence and pain.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon

“And now - Plato's words mock me in the shadows on the ledge behind the flames: '...the men of the cave would say of him that up he went and down he came without his eyes.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon

“What if I fall?', Tim cried.
Maerlyn laughed. 'Sooner or later, we all do.”
― The Wind Through the Keyhole
Maerlyn laughed. 'Sooner or later, we all do.”
― The Wind Through the Keyhole

“I explain to my patients that abused children often find it hard to disentangle themselves from their dysfunctional families, whereas children grow away from good, loving parents with far less conflict. After all, isn't that the task of a good parent, to enable the child to leave home?”
― Momma and the Meaning of Life: Tales of Psychotherapy
― Momma and the Meaning of Life: Tales of Psychotherapy

“Who's to say that my light is better than your darkness? Who's to say death is better than your darkness? Who am I to say?”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
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