# Quote — Daniel Tammet, Born On a Blue Day

> 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.

- Author: [Daniel Tammet](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-tammet.md)
- Book: [Born On a Blue Day](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-tammet/born-on-a-blue-day.md)
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## More from this book

> 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.

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