Don Tillman Quotes

“Restaurants are minefields for the socially inept”
― Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project

“I've sequenced the questions for maximum speed of elimination,’ I explained. ‘I believe I can eliminate most women in less than forty seconds. Then you can choose the topic of discussion for the remaining time.’
‘But then it won’t matter,’ said Frances. ‘I’ll have been eliminated.’
‘Only as a potential partner. We may still be able to have an interesting discussion.’
‘But I’ll have been eliminated.’
I nodded. ‘Do you smoke?’
‘Occasionally,’ she said.
I put the questionnaire away. ‘Excellent.’ I was pleased that my question sequencing was working so well. We could have wasted time talking about ice-cream flavours and make-up only to find that she smoked. Needless to say, smoking was not negotiable. ‘No more questions. What would you like to discuss?”
― Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project

“So why the stress?" said Gene. “You have had sex before?”

“Of course,” I said. “My doctor is strongly in favor.”

“Frontiers of medical science,” said Gene.

He was probably making a joke. I think the value of regular sex has been known for some time. I explained further. “It’s just adding a second person makes it complicated.”
― Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project

“I was not wired to feel love. And faking it was not acceptable. Not to me. I had feared that Rosie would not love me. Instead, it was I who could not love Rosie.”
― Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project