..."And then we played Ping-Pong—” “Not pool? I always assumed he was a billiards man—I mean, it’s so handy the way he keeps a stick up his—

I got lost in him, and it was the kind of lost that's exactly like being found.

No one's family is normal. Normalcy is a lie invented by advertising agencies to make the rest of us feel inferior.

Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He's just doesn't communicate well.

Every guy seems nice until he’s not.

But I know how this romantic stuff works: one girl's perfect guy is another girl's reject. And right now I'm glad of it.

Value people because of who they were deep down, not because of their names or their parents’ clout.

I was isolated but not ostracized, ignored but not abused.

Basically, the world is a giant shithole. But some of us are capable of imagining something better.

Juliana's a year older than me, but she sometimes seems younger - mostly because she's the opposite of cynical and I'm the opposite of the opposite of cynical.

He can’t ground her if he’s already killed her,” I pointed out when Juliana quoted this to me. “Well, he can, but it wouldn’t have the same impact.

Sometimes I wonder if novel writers aren’t completely f**ked in the head. ~ Drew Stirling

You broke my heart.I fell for you and you broke my heart.Period, done, end of story.

Satisfaction is the inner state of a man

I love actors, and I'm very protective of them. I trust them. It's a mutual trust.

Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious notion of human dignity.

Truth, that fair goddess who comes always with healing in her wings.

You know, I've been playing with my hair color ever since I was nine.

It should be not only a synergy, but a complicity between the viewer and the artist, and so I'm wide open to that.

Good is not good enough when better is expected

The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision — plus it's a lot of fun to read.