Gwendolyn Kansen

“I opened the Buffy fan guide I’d been waiting for. And at the back of the book, in the cast interviews, the gloriously bitchy Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia!) was saying that adult life is basically high school.

How shocking is that for a kid!”

A Swedish study about mental illness tells us a lot about humans.

When you hang out with someone with Asperger’s, you’ll have to be patient.

They eat, but it means nothing.

I didn’t know Mardi Gras lasts a whole month.

Men want hot women. That’s a given.

People who are disabled are as capable of making choices as anyone else.

Spend as much time as possible with people who are smarter than you. You may never be on their level, but they can help you improve.

“You care too much about what your friends think.”

Men get to be badass. But women? We’re just nuts.

People with Asperger’s are different. For a long time I didn’t see that. Or rather, I didn’t want to accept it.

It’s narcissistic to think you can save someone. Especially when no one else could.

How Can I Look Richer Than I Am?

On your last night together you plead with him not to forget you.

7. Date guys who treat women fairly.

4. Don’t laugh at people who have big dreams.

Lots of people who understand you in other ways don’t care about the nobility of your struggle.

3. You Don’t Blurt Out Your Feelings All the Time