Graeme Simsion Quotes

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• Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my mental health justify…
• 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…
• A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made a minor social error, which…
• To the world's most perfect woman. It was lucky my father was not present. Perfect is an absolute that cannot be modified, like unique or…
• I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of…
• What would you like?" "A skinny decaf latte." This is a ridiculous form of coffee, but I did not point it out.
• If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they…
• But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?
• I watched as Humphrey Bogart’s character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship with Ingrid Bergman’s…
• I could not see the speedometer, and was not accustomed to travelling in an open vehicle, but I estimated that we were consistently exceeding the…
• I know this song!’ Rosie laughed. ‘If you didn’t, that’d be the final proof that you’re from Mars.
• 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 what you look…
• Gene told me the next day that I got it wrong. But he was not in a taxi, after an evening of total sensory overload,…
• I haven’t changed my mind. That’s the point! I want to spend my life with you even though it’s totally irrational. And you have short…
• Professor Tillman. Most of us here are not scientists, so you may need to be a little less technical.’ This sort of thing is incredibly…
• Restaurants are minefields for the socially inept
• Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.
• Our first relationship with a male is with our fathers. It affects how we relate to men forever.
• I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.
• All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

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