"I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustnâ€™t be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged to take its course over time. I pictured it as a butterfly, simultaneously beautiful and fragile, that once afloat belonged to the air and any attempt to grab at it would only destroy it."

Source : Daniel Tammet (2007). “Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

Daniel Tammet

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