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Daniel Tammet is an English essayist, novelist, poet, translator, and autistic savant. His 2006 memoir, Born on a Blue Day, about his life with Asperger syndrome and savant syndrome, was named a "Best Book for Young Adults" in 2008 by the American Library Association Young Adult Library Services magazine. His second book, Embracing the Wide Sky, was one of France's best-selling books of 2009. His third book, Thinking in Numbers, was published on 16 August 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom and on 30 July 2013 by Little, Brown and Company in the United States and Canada. Mishenka, his first novel, was published in France and Quebec in 2016. His books have been published in over 20 languages. He was elected in 2012 to serve as a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. January 1979
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Famous Daniel Tammet 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.”

Daniel Tammet book Born on a Blue Day

Source: Born on a Blue Day (2006), Chapter 8: Falling in Love.

“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.”

Daniel Tammet book Born on a Blue Day

Source: Born on a Blue Day (2006), Chapter 6: Adolescence.

“My relationship with scientists has changed. Now, they consider me more of a peer than a guinea pig, and I'm part of the scientific discussion.”

Daniel Tammet

Bookreview by Jim Withers, Canwest News Service, June 8 2009

“When someone asks me, "Do you speak Breton or Inuktitut?" I say, "Not yet."”

Daniel Tammet

Bookreview by Jim Withers, Canwest News Service, June 8 2009

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