Laura James

  • Gui Gómezhas quoted2 years ago
    I need words. If I’m not reading words, listening to them or saying them out loud I feel jittery.
  • Gui Gómezhas quoted2 years ago
    Situations I can’t control and events I can’t predict confuse me, whether they are negative or positive.
  • Gui Gómezhas quoted2 years ago
    For me, the absence of sensation is better than experiencing anything too jarring, too unexpected, too new. I want to move through life with no sudden movements. Sameness is my anchor. I want each day to unfold quietly and predictably.
  • Gui Gómezhas quoted2 years ago
    I cannot be moved to tears by the arts. But surely that’s OK? If I see a real person in trouble, I will do everything I can to help, so why does it matter that I can’t weep over an imagined life?
  • Gui Gómezhas quoted2 years ago
    As Morticia Addams once said: ‘What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.’
  • Gui Gómezhas quoted2 years ago
    They would know what it’s like to be of above average intelligence, but never to have managed to pass an exam
  • Gui Gómezhas quoted2 years ago
    If I know I have a train to catch at noon, the hours between getting up and leaving for the station are rendered redundant.
  • Gui Gómezhas quoted2 years ago
    would understand how getting a lovely surprise present is confusing and painful. They would know that all surprises – even those that I had been forewarned would be amazing – hurt, almost physically. A surprise is brutal. It comes without warning. It sparks the bad feelings.
  • Gui Gómezhas quoted2 years ago
    My focus settles on deficits in non-verbal communication. ‘That’s true,’ I find myself whispering. I find eye contact uncomfortable and have to remember to do it.
  • Gui Gómezhas quoted2 years ago
    I like thrillers. I enjoy working out the answers and being proven right.
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