# Quote — Daniel Keyes, Flowers For Algernon

> Now I understand 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.

- Author: [Daniel Keyes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-keyes.md)
- Book: [Flowers For Algernon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-keyes/flowers-for-algernon.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-keyes/flowers-for-algernon/now-i-understand

## More from this book

> Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men.

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> The answer can't be found in books — or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to remain a child all your life. You've got to find the answer inside you — feel the right thing to do.

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> The meaning of my total existence involves knowing the possibilities of my future as well as my past, where I'm going as well as where I've been.

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