Graeme Simsion Quotes

I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better with things and ideas than with people.

I need a minute to think, she said. I automatically started the timer on my watch. Suddenly Rosie started laughing. I looked at her, understandably puzzled at this outburst in the middle of a critical...

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Graeme C. Simsion is a New Zealand-born Australian author, screenwriter, playwright, and data modeller, best known for his first novel The Rosie Project.

Contrary to popular belief, alcohol does not destroy brain cells.

If she's a psychology student, she'll love talking about herself.

I had feared that Rosie would not love me. Instead, it was I who could not love Rosie.

I've sequenced the questions for maximum speed of elimination,’ I explained. ‘I believe I can eliminate most women in less than forty seconds. Then you can choose the topic of discussion for the remai...

I would normally have scheduled my driving time according to published studies on fatigue and booked accommodation accordingly. But I had been too busy to plan. Nevertheless, I stopped for rest breaks...

You know what I like about New York? he said. There are so many weird people that nobody takes any notice. We all just fit right in.

I was suddenly angry. I wanted to shake not just Lydia but the whole world of people who do not understand the difference between control of emotion and lack of it, and who make a totally illogical co...

Why do people value others’ time so little? Now we would have the inevitable small talk. I could have spent fifteen minutes at home practicing aikido.

What are the symptoms of being fucked-up?’ ‘I’ve got crap in my life that I wish I hadn’t. And I’m not good at dealing with it. Am I making sense?

I know this song!’Rosie laughed. ‘If you didn’t, that’d be the final proof that you’re from Mars.

It seems right now that all I’ve ever done in my life is making my way here to you.’I could see that Rosie could not place the line from The Bridges of Madison County that had produced such a powerful...

I became aware of applause. It seemed natural. I had been living in the world of romantic comedy and this was the final scene. But it was real. The entire University Club dining room had been watching...

I thought you were happy about having a baby.’ I was happy in the way that I would be happy if the captain of an aircraft in which I was travelling announced that he had succeeded in restarting one en...

I could have argued that her wanting to do something for me meant she was ultimately acting in her own interests, but it might provoke more of the ‘don’t fuck with me’ behaviour.

It seems hardly possible to analyse such a complex situation involving deceit and supposition of another person’s emotional response, and then prepare your own plausible lie, all while someone is wait...

Unfortunately, their approach was based on the traditional dating paradigm, which I had previously abandoned on the basis that the probability of success did not justify the effort and negative experi...

During the time we worked concurrently in the Genetics Department, we had numerous interesting discussions, and these continued after his change of position. I would have been satisfied with our relat...

It seems right now that all I've ever done in my life is making my way here to you.