A Quote by Daniel Keyes

I thought: 'My education is driving a wedge between me and the people I love.' And then I wondered: 'What would happen if it were possible to increase a person's intelligence?'

Daniel Keyes

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Daniel Keyes
American - Author
August 9, 1927 - June 15, 2014

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