"I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is much suffering as a result."

-- Temple Grandin

#Believe Quotes #Autism Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.”
“humor bears the closest relation to emotion, either bubbling up as from a deep and happy wellspring, or in an opposite fashion rising like a re-birth of feeling from dead levels after turmoil.”
“I even played Jack Webb's partner on the radio version of Dragnet for a while.”
“Everyone's like sheep on social media; like, one person starts making noise, and everyone's like, 'Hey, yeah!' and then you got a whole bunch of people making noise at you.”
“And then the really awful thing is that at the end of the day after crying and experiencing things, then you look at what you've written and you're like, 'Hmm, there's half a page that's good here.' Then you throw out everything else.”

Source : "The Exploding Girl Blows Up". Interview with Meryl Cates, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 20, 2011.
“If the influence of luck is a delusion, then all I can say is that the delusion is virtually universal.”
“I finished the [blog] post reflecting on the fact that, despite all the changes in my life, maybe I wasn't so different after all. If I typed it, maybe I could believe it, too.”
“Wait for a miracle and it will never come. Take responsibility and you'll invite a miracle.”

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