A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made a minor social error, which I quickly corrected. "The fat…

- Graeme Simsion

If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up c…

- Graeme Simsion

To the world's most perfect woman. It was lucky my father was not present. Perfect is an absolute that cannot be modified, like unique or pregnant. M…

- Graeme Simsion

Gene told me the next day that I got it wrong. But he was not in a taxi, after an evening of total sensory overload, with the most beautiful woman in…

- Graeme Simsion

I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as s…

- Graeme Simsion

Restaurants are minefields for the socially inept

- Graeme Simsion

Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my mental health …

- Graeme Simsion

Fortunately, I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently.

- Graeme Simsion

Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.

- Graeme Simsion