Autistic Brain Quotes

“I had changed since then. I had gained strength and size, and a beard that grew if I did not shave it away. But she was the same. Of course she was.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“We, on the spectrum, are often
misconstrued as rude or audacious.
Problem is not that we feel too little,
but that we feel too crippling much.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“Naskar and Abi (The Sonnet)

Ask me about the strangest secrets of human behavior,
I would ramble on and on without stopping for hours.
But try to make small talk with me as a cold stranger,
And I would struggle to put a single thought in words.
Only force that breaks my autistic barrier is attachment,
I only remember of one person with whom I could be me.
When she left I let the God complex blow at full throttle,
So that Naskar survives even if nobody gets to see Abi.
Perhaps that is why without even knowing I invented Abi,
So that the real Abi finds expression, at least in fiction.
Thus, if and when the strain gets too heavy I could escape,
The vastness of Naskar, without escaping the conviction.
There is no rock of ages without some everyday weakness.
It is the weakness that keeps us grounded as sapiens.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“Sensory overload is our biggest struggle.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“We, on the spectrum, are often
misconstrued as rude or audacious.
Problem is not that we feel too little,
but that we feel too crippling much.

Sensory overload is our biggest struggle,
an eternal battle against daily situations.
Storms that the normals experience only in
tragedy, are our life’s everyday occurrence.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“At five years old, Ima already knew more about the universe than I ever have. To be honest, the sheer depth of his passions amazed me, but it also scared me a little.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism