# Quote — Elizabeth Moon, The Speed of Dark

> It is harder to imagine a different self now that I am an adult. As a child, I did imagine myself into other roles. I thought I would become normal, that someday I would be able to do what everyone else did so easily. In time, that fantasy faded. My limitations were real, immutable, thick black lines around the outline of my life. The only role I play is normal. (p165)

- Author: [Elizabeth Moon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-moon.md)
- Book: [The Speed of Dark](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-moon/the-speed-of-dark.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-moon/the-speed-of-dark/it-is-harder

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> "Autistic is different, not bad. It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong." (p319)

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> "...One thing nobody can do better than you is be you." (p164)

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> I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me. (p242)

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