“Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.”
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“You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are.”
― Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
― Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
“In reference to Einstein's definition of insanity...
No Mr. Einstein, that is not insanity, that is autism.”
― The Girl Who Spoke with Pictures: Autism Through Art
No Mr. Einstein, that is not insanity, that is autism.”
― The Girl Who Spoke with Pictures: Autism Through Art
“I myself am opaque, for some reason. Their eyes cannot see me. Yes, that's it: The world is autistic with respect to me.”
― The Cabinet of Earths
― The Cabinet of Earths
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