Irem

“Şu uyku insanın sevgilisi gibi bir şey, gelmeyince sinirlendiriyor.”
― Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Mahalle Kahvesi

“...it was an intimate bond between the men of that generation ... for nothing brings men close together than a common misfortune happily overcome.”
― Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina

“To give the short version, I've learnt that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best, and by striving for happiness you will arrive at happiness. For us, you see, having autism is normal -- so we can't know for sure what your 'normal' is even like. But so long as we can learn to love ourselves, I'm not sure how much it matters whether we're normal or austitic.”
― Naoki Higashida, The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

“So how do people with autism see the world, exactly? We, only we, can ever know the answer to that one! Sometimes I actually pity you for not being able to see the beauty of the world in the same way we do. Really, our vision of the world can be incredible, just incredible ...


When you see an object, it seems that you see it as an entire thing first, and only afterwards do its details follow on.... But for people with autism, the details jump straight out at us first of all, and then only gradually, detail by detail, does the whole image sort of float up into focus.


Every single thing has its own unique beauty. People with autism get to cherish this beauty, as if it's a kind of blessing given to us.”
― Naoki Higashida, The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism