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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
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
When I hesitate, I do not paint. When I paint, I do not hesitate.
— Jean-Paul Riopelle
The fundamentalist religions simply seem to offer more hope for a brighter future than do the more liberal, humanistic ones.
— Martin Seligman
In the end you don't so much find yourself as you find someone who knows who you are.
— Robert Breault
Girls are the trickiest and most unpredictable creatures a fellow like me will ever talk to.
— John Elder Robison
A crying grown-up with no visible damage, who knew what that meant?
— John Elder Robison
Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.
— John Elder Robison
Find Your Strengths and Interests
— John Elder Robison
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
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
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
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
I was nice on the inside, but new acquaintances sometimes never stayed around long enough to notice,
— John Elder Robison
The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star.
— Piper Laurie
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
I am sure antidepressants, drugs, and liquor have their place. But so far, that place is in others, not me.
— John Elder Robison
I named him Poodle, beginning a long tradition of functional pet naming.
— John Elder Robison
That was the definition of management - getting others to do your work for you. And we were the others.
— John Elder Robison
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
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
'It's not a disease,' he explained. 'It doesn't need curing. It's just how you are — John Elder Robison
Learning how to get along with other people is vital for our own success and happiness.
— John Elder Robison
This is a f***ing mess," I said tactfully.
— John Elder Robison