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.

Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be.

There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin." --Charlie Gordan

Thank God for books and music and things I can think about." --Charlie Gordan

Just leave me alone. I'm not myself. I'm falling apart, and I don't want you here.

I can't afford to spend my time with anyone - there's only enough left for myself

A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.