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Fortunately I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently.

What would you like?" "A skinny decaf latte." This is a ridiculous form of coffee, but I did not point it out.

I have heard the word 'stunning' used to describe women, but this was the first time I had actually been stunned by one.

Our first relationship with a male is with our fathers. It affects how we relate to men forever.

Of course, love has no respect for questionnaires. As The Rosie Project tells us.

The answer came to me as I was boning a quail...

Another world, another life, proximate but inaccessible. The elusive . . . Sat-is-fac-tion.

It seems right now that all I've ever done in my life is making my way here to you.

Contrary to popular belief, alcohol does not destroy brain cells.

Whatever behavior modifications you require from me are a trivial price to pay for have you as my partner

It would be unreasonable to give you credit for being incredibly beautiful.

Restaurants are minefields for the socially inept

Hate causes distress, potentially leading to mental and physical health problems. Adolescents

Hurtling back to town, in a red Porsche driven by a beautiful woman, with the song playing, I had the sense of standing on the brink of another world.

I shook my head to test for a hangover but it seemed that my alcohol-processing enzymes had done their job adequately.

Before sharing interesting information that has not been solicited, think carefully about whether it has the potential to cause distress.

Correct. The male instinct is to cheat. You need to overcome it.'
'Women accept it as long as you don't embarrass them with it. Look at France.

Asperger's syndrome is associated with organization, focus, innovative thinking, and rational detachment.

I am happy that I'm a better novelist than a screenwriter.

All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

My room was only eleven floors above Rosie's, so I walked up the stairs.

Rosie and I were on our way to New York, where being weird is acceptable.

I diagnosed brain overload and set up a spreadsheet to analyze the situation.

How are you going to kiss a girl if you won't share her ice cream? p.203 The Rosie Project

I didn't have years. But I am a quick learner and was in human-sponge mode. I demonstrated.

It seemed nice. They all seemed nice. I had no framework for discrimination.

Nothing would change the fault in my brian that made me unacceptable.

Do not mess with this man's threads!

You know what my doctor said about that book you've been reading? Give it to someone you hate.

Since I had never been so sexually attracted to a woman before, I was suddenly compelled to examine her ears.

We're scientists," I reminded him. "We shouldn't be defeated by problems. If we think hard enough, a solution will present itself.

The great thing about homo sapiens is that we've got a brain that can override our instincts. If we want it to.

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?

Rationality was returning to deal with the mess that emotions had created.

I had feared that Rosie would not love me. Instead, it was I who could not love Rosie.

I began the second half of my life by making coffee.

What are the symptoms of being fucked-up?' 'I've got crap in my life that I wish I hadn't. And I'm not good at dealing with it. Am I making sense?

I looked again at the nighttime view of the city - the view I had never seen before even though it had been there all the time.

Time has been redefined. Previous rules no longer apply. Alcohol is hereby declared mandatory in the Rosie Time Zone.

On their deathbed, nobody ever wishes they'd spent more time at the office.

He knew me well enough to know that once an emotion was identified,

If you shut yourself down, you're wasting two days of your life that someone is trying to make exciting and productive and fun for you.

we need to be vigilant that emotions do not cripple us.

Since when do women discuss anything explicitly?" said

I know this song!'
Rosie laughed.
'If you didn't, that'd be the final proof that you're from Mars.

Take notice of your emotions as well as logic. Emotions have their own logic. And try to go with the flow.

Most adults with Asperger's syndrome don't know they have it.

I have a theory that everyone is as odd as I am when they are alone.
Don Tillman

Difficulties are inevitable," I said. "Major projects require persistence.

antipathy toward

Asperger's isn't a fault. It's a variant. It's potentially a major advantage.

I think if a woman describes herself as a brilliant cook, she's a bit full of herself.

I knew so much shit and I still couldn't fix myself.

Rosie squeezed my hand very tightly, as though to earn some hand-holding credits,

So, to add to a momentous day, I corrected a misconception that my family had held for at least fifteen years and came out to them as straight.

Watch some kids, watch them play. You'll see they're just little adults, only they don't know all the rules and tricks yet.

If she's a psychology student, she'll love talking about herself.

In marriage reason frequently had to take second place to Harmony

Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.

Her name's Inge," said David. "She's Lithuanian.

You know something? On their deathbed, nobody ever wishes they'd spent more time at the office.' It

After the most basic physical requirements are satisfied, human happiness is almost independent of wealth. A meaningful job is far more important.

Why do people value others' time so little? Now we would have the inevitable small talk. I could have spent fifteen minutes at home practicing aikido.

It was obvious that Rosie was confused by emotions, and I respected her attempt to overcome them.

I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.

I am a big advocate of the role of the bookstore in the community.

I feel I've done the 10,000 hours you have to do to get good at something.

And the pursuit of fun does not lead to overall contentment. Studies have shown this consistently.

Unwanted events occur and you lack certain skills for minimizing the personal impact.

You can't go through life not listening to music.

There are so many weird people that nobody takes any notice. We all just fit right in.

And it dawned on me that I had not designed the questionnaire to find a woman I could accept, but to find someone who might accept me.

The Apricot Ice-cream Disaster had cost a whole evening of my life, compensated for only by the information about simulation algorithms.

I believe it is the duty of science, of humanity, to discover as much as we can. But I am a physical scientist, not a psychologist. The

Love is a powerful feeling for another person, often defying logic.

I need a minute to think, she said. I automatically started the timer on my watch. Suddenly Rosie started laughing.

Humans should be permanently under development.

Tickets! Tickets to Disneyland. All problems solved!

You'd better not let me down," said Rosie. "I'm expecting constant craziness.

Then, in this vanishingly small moment in the history of the universe, she took my hand, and held it all the way to the subway.

Greetings. My name is Don Tillman and I am a suspected paedophile. I wish to put myself on standby for an assessment.

You are the world's most perfect woman. All other women are irrelevant. Permanently. No Botox or implants will be required.

What must do the hard thing? He who can.

This is terrible wine, no?' I agreed. It was a carbonated sweet wine, acceptable only because of its alcohol content.

You want a beer?" she said. A beer! At 3:01 a.m. Ridiculous. "Yes, please.

Time's up. Excellent work. All the rational solutions came from the aspies. Everyone else was incapacitated by emotion.

Feel! Feel, feel, feel! Feelings were disrupting my sense of well-being.

But I had concluded that being myself, with all my intrinsic flaws, was more important than having the thing I wanted most.

I never watch sports. Ever. The reasons are obvious - or should be to anyone who values their time.

I was not thirsty, but I was pleased to be offered alcohol.

I sat beside Rosie, pretending to be her friend.

I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better with things and ideas than with people.

A lot of romantic comedies are just light romantic dramas, or the comedy comes off second-best.