So this is how a person can come to despise himself-knowing he's doing the wrong thing and not being able to stop.
Daniel KeyesI donโt know whatโs worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what youโve always wanted to be, and feel alone.
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