“Traveling in other countries is especially fun because others often attribute your differences to the less-stigmatizing idea that you're like this only because you're a foreigner.”

“Far too many people on the spectrum spend most of their days with people who carry around memories of, and are often too overwhelmed by incidents of, prior misinterpretation. This is no fun. In travel you can start over, and reinvent yourself. If somehow a relationship gets weird, you can leave and go to the next town, the next block, or whatever the case may be, and try again.”

“Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.”

“Tis far far better for people to assume you're stupid because it's fun to prove them wrong.”

“Writing is a lot like sex: at first you do it because you enjoy it. Then you find yourself doing it with others. But if you're any good at all, you end up doing it for less money than it's worth.”

“Preserving the memories so others will remember... ™”

“You all laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.”