Temple Grandin Quotes Novels & Stories

When Baby Zetty saw that Anne was not moving, she said, “Grandma Connors, you’re the person who rushed to sell this house and now you’re the person who’s refusing to leave. Do you think you can stay here forever even if we sold the house? How would there be such good things in this world? Even if there are, it won’t happen to a scheming and calculating person like you because there’s a saying that says success will only happen to people who work hard.”

Or like she was just waiting for the moment to say something cruel. “I dunno.” She shrugged and, feeling small and stupid for the millionth time, wanted to hide. But she was curious, again, so she’d asked if walls could talk. Again. “Why wouldn’t they?” “Walls would have to know words. You think walls know words?” Gran said. “Of course they don’t. And how in the goddamn hell is a wall supposed to speak if it doesn’t know words. Or have a mouth. Or a soul.” She dragged the tissue across her runny nose, her lips in a sneer. “Of all the idiotic, worthless, stupid things to say . . . ” And then she laughed as Umbra sat quiet.

"Doesn't it bother you?" Lloyd grinned mischievously, taking a moment to savor another spoonful of chili before answering. "Well, Alicia, it's all about embracing the whole animal. It may sound strange to you, but in ranching, we learn to utilize every part of the animal we raise. It's a way of showing respect for the life they've given. Plus, when prepared correctly, it can be quite delicious," he explained, his eyes twinkling with a hint of mischief.

Andrew remained unfazed as he continued, "And one more thing—true wisdom has nothing to do with age. If you've lived all these decades and still haven't figured that out, then congratulations—you've basically wasted your entire life. Next time you want to learn something, start by showing a little humility."

“It sounds complicated.” She shrugged her answer and said, “I like complicated. And my grandfather once said to me, bless his soul, that to be brilliant, one must be able to simplify the complicated.” “I am now your late grandfather’s biggest fan,” he smilingly interjected. “You are not alone in that regard,” she smilingly acknowledged. “What about you? Tell me something interesting?” “Well...what do you want to know?” He was really not comfortable talking about himself. Aurora would eventually find that out.

"I've always know the Albert Einstein I read in books to be always confident and brave in himself not someone who gives up at a sight of failure." Anderson shaked his head and continued, "You know a quote that has always been my motivation?" They shaked their head in the negatives. "It's this, ‘We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.’ And guess who said those words. . .Albert Einstein! Look, Sir, I believe in you. It's what you taught me to — through your actions — it's why I'm here."

That's more than most people can say, I guess. I realize I'm way past the required number of quotes and maybe even getting to the point of too many, but I have to include one more. Emerson wrote, "Truly it demands something godlike in [her] who has cast off the common motives of humanity, and has ventured to trust [herself] for a taskmaster." I am a goddess. "Damnit, Taylor." A few students looked up at my unintentional outburst. Justin was one of them, an open glare on his face. "Language, C-dawg." His tone conveyed that he did not take kindly to either word in my pronouncement.

"So maybe you should just focus on the love part." "Not the shit?" He gasped. "Really? Is that what girls want? And to think all this time I had it wrong." "Grandma always said that love was inexplicable, that it was the type of feeling you couldn't express with mere words. Love transcends even the most beautiful of poems and words." Zane was quiet. Too quiet. Like I'd just bored him so much in the past ten seconds that he'd taken his own life or something quiet. "Does she also say 'life is like a box of chocolates'?"