“Every true genius is bound to be naive.”
“Alec encapsulated the word genius in every conceivable sense. Frank knew it. He'd always known it. He'd never learned that true genius couldn't be caged because true genius could never be contained.”
“Because with time blocking out the bad, memory is always bound to be a bit naive and stupidly optimistic.”
“True genius does not fulfill expectations. True genius shatters it.”
“He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.”
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.”