# Born On a Blue Day

- Author: [Daniel Tammet](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-tammet.md)
- Quotes: 2
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-tammet/born-on-a-blue-day

## Quotes

> I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustn't be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged to take its course over time. I pictured it as a butterfly, simultaneously beautiful and fragile, that once afloat belonged to the air and any attempt to grab at it would only destroy it.

> My algebra was relatively poor. I found it very difficult to use equations that substituted numbers — to which I had a synesthetic and emotional response — for letters, to which I had none. It was because of this that I decided not to continue math at Advanced level, but chose to study history, French and German instead.