And Derek was... what? A pair of dark eyes that hid more than they revealed and some broad shoulders and a mouth that could be cold and thin and then…

- Claire Lazebnik

I got lost in him, and it was the kind of lost that's exactly like being found.

- Claire Lazebnik

No one's family is normal. Normalcy is a lie invented by advertising agencies to make the rest of us feel inferior.

- Claire Lazebnik

Every guy seems nice until he’s not.

- Claire Lazebnik

Value people because of who they were deep down, not because of their names or their parents’ clout.

- Claire Lazebnik

Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He's just doesn't communicate well.

- Claire Lazebnik

But I know how this romantic stuff works: one girl's perfect guy is another girl's reject. And right now I'm glad of it.

- Claire Lazebnik

Don't think that there's a different, better child 'hiding' behind the autism. This is your child. Love the child in front of you. Encourage his stre…

- Claire Lazebnik

For a long time our son ws a little boy with autism, which was a certain kind of challenge. Now that he's a teenager with autism - and a teenager who…

- Claire Lazebnik