Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

“Humans should be permanently under development.”

— Graeme Simsion

“What must do the hard thing? He who can.”

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

“Tickets! Tickets to Disneyland. All problems solved!”

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“I knew so much shit and I still couldn’t fix myself.”

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“I sat beside Rosie, pretending to be her friend.”

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“rosie, the boss, and I made 143 cocktails.”

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

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

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

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“My questionnaire would be ruthless in filtering out women who were concerned with appearance.”

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“I haven’t really noticed,” I told the most beautiful woman in the world.”

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

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“Nothing would change the fault in my brain that made me unacceptable.”

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“Why do people value others’ time so little? Now we would have the inevitable small talk. I could have spent fifteen minutes…

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If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that…

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You’re unbelievable,’ said Rosie. ‘Look at me when I’m talking.’ I kept looking out the window. I was already over-stimulated. ‘I know…

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

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

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

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

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“Did you get the cup?" I held it up. "Is it the right one?" she said. I am not good at nonverbal…

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“In evaluating Elizabeth’s suitability as a potential partner — someone to provide intellectual stimulation, to share activities with, perhaps even to breed…

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“As we drank champagne in the lounge, I explained that I had earned special privileges by being particularly vigilant and observant of…

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“The sequence was initiated by Gene's insisting I give a lecture on Asperger's syndrome that he had previously agreed to deliver himself.…

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“I am able to hug Rosie. This was the issue that caused me the most fear after she agreed to live with…

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“But my strategy was to minimize the chance of making a type-one error—wasting time on an unsuitable choice. Inevitably, that increased the…

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

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“I arrived at 7.04 p.m. only to find that the bar did not open until 9.00 p.m. Incredible. No wonder people make…

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“There was also a dark-haired man of about thirty (BMI approximately twenty) who appeared not to have shaved for several days, and,…

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“There were approximately twenty-five people milling around the door and the front of the classroom, but I immediately recognised Julie, the convenor,…

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“I was having trouble making sense of all that Rosie was saying, doubtless due to the effects of the alcohol and her…

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“I've sequenced the questions for maximum speed of elimination,’ I explained. ‘I believe I can eliminate most women in less than forty…

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“She was wearing a black dress without decoration, thick-soled black boots and vast amounts of silver jewellery on her arms. Her red…

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“I was feeling overwhelmed. Meeting Bianca, dancing, rejection by Bianca, social overload, discussion of personal matters—now, just when I thought the ordeal…

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“It seems right now that all I’ve ever done in my life is making my way here to you.’ I could see…

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“Do you want this marriage to work or not?’ she said. ‘My spreadsheet identified –’ I interpreted Sonia’s expression as I don’t…

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“You’re saying your mother engaged in unprotected sex outside her primary relationship?’ ‘With some other student,’ replied Rosie. ‘While she was dating…

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