Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together.
Daniel KeyesWho'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 KeyesAnd 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.
Daniel KeyesIโm โexceptionalโ- a democratic term used to avoid the damning labels of โgiftedโ and โdeprivedโ (which used to mean โbrightโ and โretardedโ) and as soon as โexceptionalโ begins to mean anything to anyone theyโll change it. The idea seems to be: use an expression as long as it doesnโt mean anything to anybody. โExceptionalโ refers to both ends of the spectrum, so all my life Iโve been exceptional.
Daniel Keyes