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"Being different is just as good as being like everyone else." -- Gunilla Gerland

From "Finding Out About Asperger Syndrome, High Functioning Autism and PDD", a children's book.

"[People with Asperger's Sndrome] are a bright thread in the rich tapestry of life. Our civilisation would be extremely dull and sterile if we did not have and treasure people with Asperger's Syndrome."

Tony Attwood ("Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals", p.184-185)

stupid as a stuipd does



forrest gump

"A human being is part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us."
- Albert Einstein. Quoted in Eknath Easwaran, trans., The Dhammapada (Tomales, CA: Nilgiri Press, 1985), p. 14.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Cecil Beaton

“You can choose to live with the dark cynicism that grows from the bad experiences of the past, or you can choose the cautious optimism that nourishes your heart and makes you open to the wondrous possibilities of the future.”

-Mark M

(Twenty years ago I could have never imagined myself saying something like that. Funny how life changes you.)