Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

“I decided that ten positions would be sufficient initially. More could be learned if the initial encounter was successful. It did not…

— Graeme Simsion

“Fault! Asperger’s isn’t a fault. It’s a variant. It’s potentially a major advantage. Asperger’s syndrome is associated with organization, focus, innovative thinking,…

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my…

— Graeme Simsion

“When I returned, wearing an uncomfortably large white shirt, with a decorative frill in the front, I tried to introduce the Wife…

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

“I would normally have scheduled my driving time according to published studies on fatigue and booked accommodation accordingly. But I had been…

— Graeme Simsion

“used the precise speed indication on the GPS to set the cruise control to the exact speed limit, rather than relying on…

— Graeme Simsion

“In the last eight weeks I had experienced two of the three best times of my adult life, assuming all visits to…

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

“I could no longer be equated with the Virgin Mary. I had been corrupted. I was like everyone else. My stone-casting credibility…

— Graeme Simsion

“Once a week, in order to deal with the demands of living with another person, and to continue to improve my skills…

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

“You’d better not let me down,” said Rosie. “I’m expecting constant craziness.”

— Graeme Simsion

“As I completed dinner preparation, Rosie set the table—not the conventional dining table in the living room, but a makeshift table on…

— Graeme Simsion

“I never drink coffee after 3.48 p.m. It interferes with sleep. Caffeine has a half-life of three to four hours, so it’s…

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

Professor Tillman. Most of us here are not scientists, so you may need to be a little less technical.’ This sort of…

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

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

— Graeme Simsion

“And it dawned on me that I had not designed the questionnaire to find a woman I could accept, but to find…

— Graeme Simsion

“Fabienne took a deep breath. ‘Listen. I have drunk two glasses of wine, I have not had sex for six weeks, and…

— Graeme Simsion