46 Quotes by John Elder Robison

I don’t really understsand why it’s considered normal to stare at someone’s eyeballs.

I needed to stop forcing myself to fit into something I could never be a part of.

It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.

And my experience in the music scene had shown me that there were places for places in the world where misfits were welcome.

There are plenty of people in the world whose lives are governed by rote and routine. Such people will never be happy dealing with me, because I don’t conform.

Competence excuses strange behavior.

Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or leg, or drowned him in the tub.

Simply making myself aware of others has remarkably improved my social life. People accept me much faster now that I ignore them less.

I felt like a fraud because I could not do anything in the normal way. I couldn’t complete school. I couldn’t “advance through the ranks.” I couldn’t “do it by the book.” And I always ignored the rules.