Top 50 Estelle Ryan Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Classical music made sense to my brain. The structure, the beauty of the sounds it produced was soothing to the chaos that often erupted in my mind.”

— Estelle Ryan

2. “I despise people who use their positions of power to further their own agendas. Especially when their agendas lead to this.”

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3. “Money is a powerful friend and enemy.”

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4. “I would never have normal in my life. I didn’t want normal in my life.”

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5. “Your parents are horrible people.” “No. They are just ignorant. When people don’t understand something, they are usually judgemental and unintentionally cruel.”

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6. “Any type of relationship was a mystery to me.”

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7. “This is about catching someone who is abusing his position of power.”

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8. “It was as if she’d flipped a switch. One moment, there was uncertainty in Manny’s eyes, the next he took control of the kiss. His lips were soft, but firm, the kiss gentle at first. He pushed his fingers through her hair and held the back of her head in place as he deepened the kiss, his lips demanding, asking for more, for everything. His other arm went around her back, pulling her closer to him.”

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9. “Animals had the luxury of not having to tolerate small talk, social smiles and polite lies.”

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10. “No one answered.”

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11. “Typical of people on the spectrum, he didn’t respond immediately. People with autism were each unique, as was their processing time. Some needed a few seconds to work through the information presented to them before they responded. Others needed minutes. It appeared this young man needed minutes.”

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12. “Saying what is truly on your mind, giving your honest opinion and answering questions truthfully is an overwhelmingly bad thing to do in a social setting. Being polite and diplomatic relies heavily on your skills to twist the truth so it doesn’t upset anyone.”

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13. “The emotional pain of worrying about my friends’ health was proving powerful enough to override my previous memories.”

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14. “Ah, yes. The eternal struggle for power. If humans aren’t fighting for power over territory, it is for resources, accessibility or some other reason. But in the end it all leads to a desire for power.” As much as we like to think we have evolved, we haven’t.”

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15. “The embarrassment of that day was nothing compared to what I was facing right now.”

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16. “And he believed you?” “After some time.” I’d had to use all my learned skills of deception to convince Jacques, but it hadn’t taken too long. Not only did people lie easily, they just as quickly believed a lie.”

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17. “You really believe people lie so much?” “Of course. It is part of social interaction.”

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18. “According to Genevieve, men viewed women with lips like Francine’s as more sensual than women with Genevieve’s average lips. She’d dismissed the male interest as reptilian brain activity and a lack of frontal lobe stimulation.”

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19. “Often I had to explain my reasoning to others. Every time it was exhausting to simplify my logic enough to make it understandable.”

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20. “To have people I valued treating me as weak offended me greatly.”

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21. “It should not have come as a surprise to me that I could not always be in control. I should have been prepared to handle such an unexpected situation better. The predictable stability in my life had made me lazy and unprepared. That would have to change. I.”

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22. “Lack of inflection could usually be traced to an overload of emotions in people.”

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23. “A red-blooded woman could only look at so many cat videos and baby photos on social media and go through only so many financials that epitomised middle-class before wanting to hack the NSA or some Chinese agency.”

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24. “Sadly, our sophisticated and civilised society considers the arts to be a nonessential in children’s education.”

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25. “Mozart filled my mind and I surrendered to its soothing sounds. I could only hope this tried and tested method would bring clarity to my problem-solving mind.”

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26. “I needed to be in a safe place. I needed to be in my viewing room. And I needed Mozart.”

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27. “The human race and their silly romantic notions. I placed the blame completely at the door of fairy tales and Hollywood.”

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28. “My subconscious had registered something worth being concerned about, but this information had not yet travelled to my cerebral cortex, my thinking brain.”

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29. “Is there any way that you can Mozart your way into the helicopter?” “How many times do I have to tell you not to use Mozart as a verb?”

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30. “These extremist groups can mobilise a certain demographic to do some very stupid and deadly things.” “This.”

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31. “Big Brother watches us all the time.”

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32. “The childhood trauma of constant tests and doctors trying to make me ‘normal’ had left me with a powerful aversion to hospitals.”

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33. “At least I was honest enough with myself to acknowledge that my behaviour at this moment was pure avoidance. I was running away. Change.”

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34. “In my entire life, Colin had been the only person whose touch didn’t send me into a panic or a shutdown. Feeling his arms holding me tightly or his hand on my forearm always calmed me. The.”

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35. “How do you keep a balance between being supportive of your friends and becoming an intrusive entity in their lives? Do you know how to do this?” “We.”

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36. “That’s why she was doing all the talking,” Manny said. “But it doesn’t explain how you know that they’re in Rio, close to water, Doc.” “Did you watch that video?” “A few seconds ago.” “That’s not possible.” Genevieve looked at her watch. “We’ve been talking for at least five minutes.”

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37. “Greed, one of man’s greatest weaknesses.” Humans disgusted me. Manny.”

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38. “He aligned his head to the wall, not touching it, trying to look behind the painting. It was the two quick blinks that made me want to crawl into my head and hide in Mozart’s harmony forever.”

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39. “I don’t think it is. It’s just realistic. There has always been war. Whether the reasons were economic, religious, territorial or racial, it’s been there. And will be there. The same way with people’s desire for power. It has always led and will always lead to espionage, betrayal and other forms of treason. Usually, it is the people who are at the bottom level of the pyramid who are the most sincere, the kindest and the closest to goodness we can find.”

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40. “Even though he was the only person totally accepting of who I was, I still couldn’t expect him to accept my intolerance of being challenged by those of lesser intellect.”

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41. “Canadian stereotypes. “In the east they are less polite than in the west.”

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42. “What’s wrong?” His voice shook with controlled emotion.”

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43. “I’ll get Manny.” Francine’s make-up was perfect, no evidence of tears. She winked at me. “He went to make himself that horrid tea with milk.”

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44. “Although a lot of people on the spectrum preferred white foods.”

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45. “In real life, people’s behaviour disconcerted me far too much and far too often.”

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46. “Some people don’t think it’s simple to acquire a university degree.” I.”

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47. “Some people rushed into danger without a thought for their own safety. Others ran away. And some froze. I fitted into the latter group.”

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48. “When people don’t understand something, they are usually judgemental and unintentionally cruel.”

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49. “Listening to any of Mozart’s compositions was as if someone was easing the knots and tangles out of a bundle of strings until they hung unencumbered next to each other.”

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50. “That he would destroy my career, my life if he found out that you,” Manny looked at me the way I looked at messy kitchens, “were treated badly in any way. Looks like your buddy is sweet on you, missy.”

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