There is neither a cure for nor a way to repair autism. There is no implant like there is for the deaf.

Having always imagined myself in a fairly slim minority, I suddenly saw that I was in a vast company. Difference unites us. While each of these experiences can isolate those who are affected, together they compose an aggregate of millions whose struggles connect them profoundly. The exceptional is ubiquitous; to be entirely typical is the rare and lonely state.

Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds.

The experience of being depressed and emerging from depression made me understand the idea of a soul. I felt that the language in which one could best acknowledge that drew from faith.

I have always believed in trying to be a good person and giving to the world, and treating others in a just, kind, merciful way.

I did grow up in a household in which I felt that to be myself was to damage the people I loved.

Depressed people cannot lead a revolution because depressed people can barely manage to get out of bed and put on their shoes and socks.