"Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them?"

A Wrinkle in Time ~ Madeleine L'Engle

I really must learn to read, except I'm afraid it will make it awfully hard for me in school next year if I already know things. I think it will be better if people go on thinking I'm not very bright.
They won't hate me quite as much.

Charles Wallace, A Wrinkle in Time ~ Madeleine L'Engle