Kumako_05

“Elizabeth, in your own misguided, crazy, PMSing-woman way, I think you’ve been trying to be nice.”

My mouth fell open. “Hey!”

“You’re just not very good at being nice. It’s not a strength of yours.”

“I can’t believe you just said that.”

“You should work on it. You should compliment me more, tell me I look pretty.”

I hit him on the shoulder even as I laughed. “You’re an idiot.”

“And you’re beautiful.”
― Penny Reid, Friends Without Benefits

“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

“You all right?” Scott queried. “Sure.  Why?” “You’re quiet.  That’s not normal.” “Just thinking.” “Don’t pull a muscle.”
― Angela Verdenius, Lie to Me

“In compassion and grace, be like the sun...
In concealing other's faults, be like the night...
In generosity and helping others, be like a river...
In anger and fury, be like dead...
In modesty and humility, be like the earth...
In tolerance, be like the sea...
Either appear as you are, or be as you appear..”
― Rumi