I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.

Daniel Keyes
About This Quote

This quote is about the fear of failure; that is, not knowing what you are and not being able to achieve your goals. The first sentence means that people who don’t know who they are are happy because they like who they are. On the other hand, if they do become who they want to be, it will be hard for them to feel happy because they will not be who they used to be.

Source: Flowers For Algernon

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