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John Elder Robison quotes: It must be my logical consideration of a decision many see as purely intuitive or emotional that throws other people for a loop.

It must be my logical consideration of a decision many see as purely intuitive or emotional that throws other people for a loop.

John Elder Robison quotes: It has always bothered me that many people, doctors included, tend to view anything that deviates from the typical as being abnormal or broken.

It has always bothered me that many people, doctors included, tend to view anything that deviates from the typical as being abnormal or broken.

John Elder Robison quotes: When I act politely, I build a reserve of goodwill in others. That reserve allows those people to cut me some slack when I do something annoying.

When I act politely, I build a reserve of goodwill in others. That reserve allows those people to cut me some slack when I do something annoying.

John Elder Robison quotes: Girls are the trickiest and most unpredictable creatures a fellow like me will ever talk to.

Girls are the trickiest and most unpredictable creatures a fellow like me will ever talk to.

John Elder Robison quotes: Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.

Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.

John Elder Robison quotes: Find Your Strengths and Interests

Find Your Strengths and Interests

John Elder Robison quotes: It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.

It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.

John Elder Robison quotes: By the time I was twelve, I had progressed from "If he doesn't get better, he may have to be institutionalized" to "He's a weird, screwed-up kid.

By the time I was twelve, I had progressed from "If he doesn't get better, he may have to be institutionalized" to "He's a weird, screwed-up kid.

John Elder Robison quotes: Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or leg, or drowned him in the tub.

Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or leg, or drowned him in the tub.

John Elder Robison quotes: And my experience in the music scene had shown me that there were places for places in the world where misfits were welcome.

And my experience in the music scene had shown me that there were places for places in the world where misfits were welcome.

John Elder Robison quotes: I was nice on the inside, but new acquaintances sometimes never stayed around long enough to notice,

I was nice on the inside, but new acquaintances sometimes never stayed around long enough to notice,

John Elder Robison quotes: A crying grown-up with no visible damage, who knew what that meant?

A crying grown-up with no visible damage, who knew what that meant?

John Elder Robison quotes: I am sure antidepressants, drugs, and liquor have their place. But so far, that place is in others, not me.

I am sure antidepressants, drugs, and liquor have their place. But so far, that place is in others, not me.

John Elder Robison quotes: I named him Poodle, beginning a long tradition of functional pet naming.

I named him Poodle, beginning a long tradition of functional pet naming.

John Elder Robison quotes: That was the definition of management - getting others to do your work for you. And we were the others.

That was the definition of management - getting others to do your work for you. And we were the others.

John Elder Robison quotes: Simply making myself aware of others has remarkably improved my social life. People accept me much faster now that I ignore them less.

Simply making myself aware of others has remarkably improved my social life. People accept me much faster now that I ignore them less.

John Elder Robison quotes: So is there a cure?' I asked. 'It's not a disease,' he explained. 'It doesn't need curing. It's just how you are

So is there a cure?' I asked.
'It's not a disease,' he explained. 'It doesn't need curing. It's just how you are

John Elder Robison quotes: Learning how to get along with other people is vital for our own success and happiness.

Learning how to get along with other people is vital for our own success and happiness.

John Elder Robison quotes: This is a f***ing mess," I said tactfully.

This is a f***ing mess," I said tactfully.