“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.”
“True genius does not fulfill expectations. True genius shatters it.”
“Every true genius is bound to be naive.”
“The night before, I'd gone overboard with my Lila poems, and maybe it's true that I was hoping that in them he'd see the genius of me, the beauty of my words in his hands.”
“True genius without heart is a thing of nought - for not great understanding alone, not intelligence alone, nor both together, make genius. Love! Love! Love! that is the soul of genius.”
“Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge--the abyss.”