The thought that our lives are the source of other people's unhappiness, that's plain unbearable.

Everybody has a heart that can be touched by something.

Normal people think we're highly dependent and can't live without ongoing support, but in fact there are times when we're stoic heroes.

When I was small, I didn't even know that I was a kid with special needs. How did I find out? By other people telling me that I was different from everyone else, and that this was a problem.

True compassion is about not bruising the other person’s self-respect.

We get swallowed up by the illusion that unless we can find a place to belong, we are going to be all alone in the world.

Can you imagine how your life would be if you couldn't talk?

...the reason is that when we look at nature, we receive a sort of permission to be alive in this world...

During the 24/7 grind of being a carer, it's all to easy to forget the fact that the person you're doing so much for is, and is obliged to be, more resourceful than you in many respects.

autism is more like retina patterns than measles

The value of a person shouldn't be decided by the judgements of other people. Kindness brings out the best in us all.

Some things have to be believed to be seen. -Ralph Hodgson

The world's like a ride in a fairground & when you choose to go on it you think it's real, that's how powerful our minds are

The severing of an established connection is exponentially more painful than the rejection of an attempted connection.

I don't think 'Survivor' really changed me.

Left to its own devices, the State Department machinery tends toward inertia rather than creativity; it is always on the verge of turning itself into an enormous cable machine.

There's a bigger universe at hand.

It is sometimes advantageous to be unseen, although it is most often rather wearing on the nerves.

Academics were important to my parents, as immigrants. Education is where it all begins.

More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possibility of living beyond cancer.

I love all of mythology and rules pertaining to all of the monsters, but I like to go the extra step.