Child of Mine Quotes

“He was observing social cues and aping them, but he didn’t truly understand them.”
― V.J. Chambers, Child of Mine

“Psychopaths didn’t have to kill people, after all. The condition was marked by a sincere lack of empathy and an inability to care about the well-being of others.”
― V.J. Chambers, Child of Mine

“They faked empathy, because it made them appear normal to everyone else and allowed them to get whatever it was they wanted.”
― V.J. Chambers, Child of Mine

“He ducked away, wrinkling his nose. He didn’t like to be touched.”
― V.J. Chambers, Child of Mine

“He had this idea that autistic people were all like Rain Man. “Borderline retarded,” he’d once said to her. And no amount of explanation of the spectrum or use of the word “high-functioning” seemed to ever get through his balding skull.”
― V.J. Chambers, Child of Mine

“The feeling of being utterly alone in the world except for the small tribe of people your own age who were your close friends.”
― V.J. Chambers, Child of Mine

“Psychopaths didn’t have to kill people, after all. The condition was marked by a sincere lack of empathy and an inability to care about the well-being of others. Psychopaths thought of the world as a giant chess game.”
― V.J. Chambers, Child of Mine