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Fortunately I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently. — Graeme Simsion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Restaurants are minefields for the socially inept — Graeme Simsion

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

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. — Graeme Simsion

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

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

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. — Graeme Simsion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Do not mess with this man's threads! — Graeme Simsion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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? — Graeme Simsion

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. — Graeme Simsion

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

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

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

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. — Graeme Simsion

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

Since when do women discuss anything explicitly?" said — Graeme Simsion

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

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

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

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

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

antipathy toward — Graeme Simsion

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

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

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

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

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. — Graeme Simsion

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. — Graeme Simsion

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

In marriage reason frequently had to take second place to Harmony — Graeme Simsion

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

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

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

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

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. — Graeme Simsion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. — Graeme Simsion

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

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 — Graeme Simsion

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

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

Humans should be permanently under development. — Graeme Simsion

Tickets! Tickets to Disneyland. All problems solved! — Graeme Simsion

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

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. — Graeme Simsion

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

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

What must do the hard thing? He who can. — Graeme Simsion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I sat beside Rosie, pretending to be her friend. — Graeme Simsion

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. — Graeme Simsion

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