Eric Bernt > Quotes

“Sadly, no one was ever punished for being wrong these days. And no one was rewarded for coming in second. All anyone cared about was breaking a story, whether they broke the right one or not.”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“This novel exists because I was fortunate enough to receive”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“There were no such birds in Central Park. The only birds that Skylar could see were pigeons. Dirty, nasty, flying rats that did not chirp or whistle. The sound pigeons made was more of a coo, and that was generous.”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“Photo © 2017 Conner Martin Eric Bernt was born in Marion, Ohio, and raised in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, and Madison, Wisconsin. He attended Northwestern University,”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“The most elegant solutions are always the simplest, aren’t they?”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“If only there were an emotional Google Translate app for those living with autism. Perhaps one day someone would invent such an app—someone on the high-functioning end of the spectrum, diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. One of the group that Hans Asperger first labeled in 1944 as “little professors.”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“It seems that for success in science and art, a dash of autism is essential. For success, the necessary ingredient may be an ability to turn away from the everyday world, from the simply practical, an ability to rethink a subject with originality so as to create in new untrodden ways. —Hans Asperger, 1944”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“William Tuthill met Andrew Carnegie. He’s the person who gave William Tuthill the money to build the hall, which is why it’s called Carnegie Hall.”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“You see you do have feelings sometimes. You know what they are. If most of the feelings you have don’t make you feel good that is why you think all the time. That is what makes you so smart. You think so you don’t have to feel bad feelings.”
― Eric Bernt, The Sound of Echoes

“Gloria looked at him inquisitively, certain that he would not be suggesting anything sexual to a woman of her age and abundant figure.”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“Do you know if the eggs are organic?” “They are. And the farmers who raise the chickens even play classical music over loudspeakers at night, which helps them to sleep better.”
― Eric Bernt, The Sound of Echoes

“Skylar and Eddie drove over the East River from the Bronx toward Queens on the Throgs Neck Bridge and then finally found their destination on Jamaica Avenue.”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“They were joined by an increasing number of Mets fans heading for the same train, who all shared the same thought: there was nothing more fun than staying up all night making fun of Phillies fans on their home turf the night before a good shellacking.”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“There is one good thing about New York City.” “What’s that?” “Carnegie Hall. Many people believe it has the greatest acoustics in the world. I can’t say for sure because I have never been there, but I do know it was designed by an architect named William Tuthill in 1890. He was an amateur cellist who had what many people called a golden ear, which meant that he could hear things other people couldn’t.” “Kind of like you.”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“Eddie found makeup confusing; he didn’t understand why anyone, but mostly women, would wear it. The synthetic colors seemed to exaggerate certain features, but exaggerating was very close to lying, and lying was bad except in certain circumstances which Skylar had only recently helped him to understand.”
― Eric Bernt, The Sound of Echoes

“to think in ways that others could not. While no one might want the limitations,”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound

“Wilhelm Kempff performing the Schubert Impromptu D. 923, one of the finest Schubertians playing one of the finest pieces of music ever written for piano.”
― Eric Bernt, The Speed of Sound