“He was still seen as weird. If he was noticed at all. [...] Flipping through the book, reading page after page of spirits with names like djinn and stafie, he realized he wasn't the only one who didn't feel seen. That the world was filled with entities who were here but invisible, present but ignored. [...] She wouldn't understand that he sees ghosts as, no pun intended, kindred spirits. That when he opens The Giant Book and sees illustrations of all these scary, fantastical, misunderstood spirits, it feels like they could be the friends he lacks.” GhostsMisfitsNot Fitting InAutistic Coded CharactersMisfit Quotes Book:Middle of the Night Source: Middle of the Night
“It was those thoughts that made him weird. If Eddie could stop them, he'd stop being strange. Like in books: Rumpelstiltskin was strange, Gollum was strange. Strange made them ugly. It made them hated. It kept them alone.” Being DifferentAutistic CharacterAutistic Coded Characters Author:A. J. Gnuse
“He doesn't normally wish he had friends, but when this thought comes to him, he does. It might be helpful to know a man of his age and experience who could tell him whether his troubles were benign or terminal.” LonersNot BelongingRelateableAutistic Coded Characters Book:William Source: William