“Last summer, when he thought I wasn't looking, I observed Cubby telling one of the neighborhood six-year-olds that there were dragons living in the storm drains, under our street. 'We feed them meat...and then they don't get hungry and blow fire and roast us.' Little James listened closely, with a very serious expression on his face. Then he ran home to get some hot dogs from his mother.”

~ John Elder Robison, Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

“It must be my logical consideration of a decision many see as purely intuitive or emotional that throws other people for a loop.”

~John Elder Robison, Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

“The hard part was living the contrast between being rich and being broke. It was like being smart, and waking up one day to find yourself dumb as a rock, but able to remember your former brains.”

~ John Elder Robison ~ Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

“When we pulled in, the customs officer looked in the back. The back of the wagon was filled with cases stenciled PINK FLOYD--LONDON.

'Got Pink Floyd in the back of the car, do you?' he asked.

'Righto, mate. We shrunk 'em and stuck 'em in fookin' boxes, we did,' said Nigel.

Amazingly, the customs officer laughed and waved us through.”

~ John Elder Robison ~ Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's