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.

I may not have all the time I thought I had.

How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibilty, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes—how such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence.

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

There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.

Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men." --Charlie Gordan

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.