Graeme Simsion famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?
-- Graeme Simsion

#Mean #People
Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my mental health justify the risks.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Drinking #Alcohol #Risk
Fortunately, I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Creating #Amusement
All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Allowance #Accommodations #Persons
I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better with things and ideas than with people.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Technology #Ideas #Long
I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Writing #Novel #Screenplays
Our first relationship with a male is with our fathers. It affects how we relate to men forever.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Father #Men #Forever
If Rosieâ€™s mother had known that eye colour was not a reliable indicator of paternity, and organised a DNA test to confirm her suspicions, there would have been no Father Project, no Great Cocktail Night, no New York Adventure, no Reform Don Projectâ€”and no Rosie Project. Had it not been for this unscheduled series of events, her daughter and I would not have fallen in love. And I would still be eating lobster every Tuesday night. Incredible.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Daughter #Mother #New York
So, to add to a momentous day, I corrected a misconception that my family had held for at least fifteen years and came out to them as straight.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Years #Add #Fifteen
A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made a minor social error, which I quickly corrected. "The fat woman-overweight woman-at the back?"
-- Graeme Simsion

#Errors #Hands #Rooms
To the world's most perfect woman. It was lucky my father was not present. Perfect is an absolute that cannot be modified, like unique or pregnant. My love for Rosie was so powerful that it had caused my brain to make a grammatical error.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Love #Powerful #Father
Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Failing #Obvious #Humans
Restaurants are minefields for the socially inept
-- Graeme Simsion

#Restaurants
What would you like?" "A skinny decaf latte." This is a ridiculous form of coffee, but I did not point it out.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Coffee #Skinny #Ridiculous
If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up call and make the changes for their own reasons.
-- Graeme Simsion

#One Day #Wake Up #Reason
I watched as Humphrey Bogartâ€™s character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship with Ingrid Bergmanâ€™s character, and chose logic and decency ahead of his selfish emotional desires. The quandary and resulting decision made for an engrossing film. But this was not what people cried about. They were in love and could not be together. I repeated this statement to myself, trying to force an emotional reaction. I couldnâ€™t. I didnâ€™t care. I had enough problems of my own.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Selfish #Character #Emotional
I could not see the speedometer, and was not accustomed to travelling in an open vehicle, but I estimated that we were consistently exceeding the speed limit. Discordant sound, wind, risk of deathâ€”I tried to assume the mental state that I used at the dentist.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Wind #Risk #Sound
I know this song!â€™ Rosie laughed. â€˜If you didnâ€™t, thatâ€™d be the final proof that youâ€™re from Mars.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Song #Finals #Mars
Youâ€™re unbelievable,â€™ said Rosie. â€˜Look at me when Iâ€™m talking.â€™ I kept looking out the window. I was already over-stimulated. â€˜I know what you look like.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Talking #Looks #Window
Gene told me the next day that I got it wrong. But he was not in a taxi, after an evening of total sensory overload, with the most beautiful woman in the world. I believed I did well. I detected the trick question. I wanted Rosie to like me, and I remembered her passionate statement about men treating women as objects. She was testing to see if I saw her as an object or as a person. Obviously the correct answer was the latter. â€˜I havenâ€™t really noticed,â€™ I told the most beautiful woman in the world.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Beautiful #Men #Passionate
I havenâ€™t changed my mind. Thatâ€™s the point! I want to spend my life with you even though itâ€™s totally irrational. And you have short earlobes. Socially and genetically thereâ€™s no reason for me to be attracted to you. The only logical conclusion is that I must be in love with you.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Love #Mind #Want
Professor Tillman. Most of us here are not scientists, so you may need to be a little less technical.â€™ This sort of thing is incredibly annoying. People can tell you the supposed characteristics of a Gemini or a Taurus and will spend five days watching a cricket match, but cannot find the interest or the time to learn the basics of what they, as humans, are made up of.
-- Graeme Simsion

#People #Needs #May
I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Love #Cute #Tonight

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