#charlie

The most important thing had always been what other people thought-appearances before herself or her family. And righteous about it. Time and again Matt had insisted that what others thought about you wasn't the only thing in life. But it did no good. Norma had to dress well; the house had to have fine furniture; Charlie had to be kept inside so that other people wouldn't know anything was wrong. ↗

— Daniel Keyes

#charlie #flowers-for-algernon #family

There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination. ↗

— Zac Posen

#career #chaplin #charlie #charlie chaplin #disney

It's just keeping what I want private, private, and the same with Charlie. ↗

— Denise Richards

#i #just #keeping #private #same

You are my business! ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#business

And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#perks-of-beng-a-wallflower #realistic-fiction #stephen-chbosky #change

You want these back, don't you? You want me out of here so you can come back and take over where you left off. I don't blame you. It's your body and your brain-and your life, even though you weren't able to make much use of it. I don't have the right to take it away from you. Nobody does. 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?... ↗

— Daniel Keyes

#flowers-for-algernon #death

You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile. ↗

— Charles Chaplin

#smile #life

Wait", I say. "That's-you-what?" "That's what I love about working with you, Valchek. Your eloquence." "But -but- but-" "And your motorboat impressions." "Charlie, if you were there, why didn't you arrest him? ↗

— D.D. Barant

#jace-valchek #love

I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#dreams #meryl-streep #movies #theory #yourself

All the barriers were gone. I had unwound the string she had given me, and found my way out of the labyrinth to where she was waiting. I loved her with more than my body. ↗

— Daniel Keyes

#flowers-for-algernon #love