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O Projeto Rosie
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Um Nós de Opostos
Já certamente tiveram ocasião de observar casais em que:
Ela fala que se desunha e ele rasa o mutismo
Ele come alarvemente e ela jejua
Ela adora festas e ele só quer sofá e televisão
Etc, etc...
É de tal forma gritante o contraste entre ele e ela que só nos ocorre perguntar:
"Então essa separação? Deve estar para breve, não?!"
Mas eles parecem tão felizes juntos, que optamos por observá-los com um sorriso mudo 😉
Porém, não deixa de ser intrigante a junção de naturezas tão distintas!
Porque será???
Quanto a mim, há duas razões a considerar:
A primeira tem a ver com a condição humana; com a incessante busca de equilíbrio que por vezes se manifesta na união de dois seres que individualmente são desequilibrados, mas juntos, são capazes dum Nós harmonioso — o que é excessivo num, escasseia no outro!
A segunda tem tudo a ver com o Amor em si. Se num casal, os membros que o constituem, tiverem características demasiado próximas, é provável que cada um esteja a amar-se a si mesmo no outro. Se pelo contrário, funcionarem em campos opostos, então só o Amor será a Cola que mantém viva tal relação!
Don e Rosie enquadram-se neste tipo de casais.
Don é ultra-racional — com uma mente poderosamente matemática, ele é organizado, pontual, e planeia cada dia à escala do micro-segundo!
Rosie está nos antípodas — emotiva e naturalmente pouco matemática, não investe grandemente na organização e pontualidade que Don tanto enaltece!
Porém, algo irá juntar estes dois:
Rosie anda em busca do seu pai biológico, o que desperta o interesse de Don, cuja especialidade é a genética!
Ao ser o homem certo que surge no momento certo da vida de Rosie, Don vai-se aproximando e assim se vão conhecendo, descobrindo e apaixonando...
Para Don, em cujo curriculum amoroso, não constam mais que meia dúzia de relacionamentos, esta nova etapa da sua vida será como ir a Marte a bordo dum disco voador!...
Uma comédia bem simpática, onde mais uma vez somos confrontados com o poder desse mágico e estranho sentimento que dá pelo nome de Amor.
Vale a Pena!
A capa não será muito chamativa, mas o conteúdo compensa largamente!!
Leiam e divirtam-se!!! 😊👍
Já certamente tiveram ocasião de observar casais em que:
Ela fala que se desunha e ele rasa o mutismo
Ele come alarvemente e ela jejua
Ela adora festas e ele só quer sofá e televisão
Etc, etc...
É de tal forma gritante o contraste entre ele e ela que só nos ocorre perguntar:
"Então essa separação? Deve estar para breve, não?!"
Mas eles parecem tão felizes juntos, que optamos por observá-los com um sorriso mudo 😉
Porém, não deixa de ser intrigante a junção de naturezas tão distintas!
Porque será???
Quanto a mim, há duas razões a considerar:
A primeira tem a ver com a condição humana; com a incessante busca de equilíbrio que por vezes se manifesta na união de dois seres que individualmente são desequilibrados, mas juntos, são capazes dum Nós harmonioso — o que é excessivo num, escasseia no outro!
A segunda tem tudo a ver com o Amor em si. Se num casal, os membros que o constituem, tiverem características demasiado próximas, é provável que cada um esteja a amar-se a si mesmo no outro. Se pelo contrário, funcionarem em campos opostos, então só o Amor será a Cola que mantém viva tal relação!
Don e Rosie enquadram-se neste tipo de casais.
Don é ultra-racional — com uma mente poderosamente matemática, ele é organizado, pontual, e planeia cada dia à escala do micro-segundo!
Rosie está nos antípodas — emotiva e naturalmente pouco matemática, não investe grandemente na organização e pontualidade que Don tanto enaltece!
Porém, algo irá juntar estes dois:
Rosie anda em busca do seu pai biológico, o que desperta o interesse de Don, cuja especialidade é a genética!
Ao ser o homem certo que surge no momento certo da vida de Rosie, Don vai-se aproximando e assim se vão conhecendo, descobrindo e apaixonando...
Para Don, em cujo curriculum amoroso, não constam mais que meia dúzia de relacionamentos, esta nova etapa da sua vida será como ir a Marte a bordo dum disco voador!...
Uma comédia bem simpática, onde mais uma vez somos confrontados com o poder desse mágico e estranho sentimento que dá pelo nome de Amor.
Vale a Pena!
A capa não será muito chamativa, mas o conteúdo compensa largamente!!
Leiam e divirtam-se!!! 😊👍
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“I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“I haven’t changed my mind. That’s the point! I want to spend my life with you even though it’s totally irrational. And you have short earlobes. Socially and genetically there’s no reason for me to be attracted to you. The only logical conclusion is that I must be in love with you.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up call and make the changes for their own reasons.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“You’re unbelievable,’ said Rosie. ‘Look at me when I’m talking.’
I kept looking out the window. I was already over-stimulated.
‘I know what you look like.”
― The Rosie Project
I kept looking out the window. I was already over-stimulated.
‘I know what you look like.”
― The Rosie Project
“Our first relationship with a male is with our fathers. It affects how we relate to men forever.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“And how could I be sure that other people were not doing the same—playing the game to be accepted but suspecting all the time that they were different?”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“I met Rosie at the airport. She remained uncomfortable about me purchasing her ticket, so I told her she could pay me back by selecting some Wife Project applicants for me to date.
'Fuck you,’ she said.
It seemed we were friends again.”
― The Rosie Project
'Fuck you,’ she said.
It seemed we were friends again.”
― The Rosie Project
“Fault! Asperger’s isn’t a fault. It’s a variant. It’s potentially a major advantage. Asperger’s syndrome is associated with organization, focus, innovative thinking, and rational detachment.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“And it dawned on me that I had not designed the questionnaire to find a woman I could accept, but to find someone who might accept me.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“Professor Tillman. Most of us here are not scientists, so you may need to be a little less technical.’ This sort of thing is incredibly annoying. People can tell you the supposed characteristics of a Gemini or a Taurus and will spend five days watching a cricket match, but cannot find the interest or the time to learn the basics of what they, as humans, are made up of.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“You know what I like about New York?” he said. “There are so many weird people that nobody takes any notice. We all just fit right in.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“It seems right now that all I've ever done in my life is making my way here to you.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“If Rosie’s mother had known that eye colour was not a reliable indicator of paternity, and organised a DNA test to confirm her suspicions, there would have been no Father Project, no Great Cocktail Night, no New York Adventure, no Reform Don Project—and no Rosie Project. Had it not been for this unscheduled series of events, her daughter and I would not have fallen in love. And I would still be eating lobster every Tuesday night.
Incredible.”
― The Rosie Project
Incredible.”
― The Rosie Project
“Take notice of your emotions as well as logic. Emotions have their own logic. And try to go with the flow.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“The Apricot Ice-cream Disaster had cost a whole evening of my life, compensated for only by the information about simulation algorithms.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“I didn’t have years. But I am a quick learner and was in human-sponge mode. I demonstrated.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“Time’s up. Excellent work. All the rational solutions came from the aspies. Everyone else was incapacitated by emotion.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made a minor social error, which I quickly corrected. “The fat woman—overweight woman—at the back?”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“It may have been due to the effect of the gordo blanco on my cognitive functions, but I was suddenly overwhelmed by an extraordinary feeling—not of satisfaction but of absolute joy. It was the feeling I had in the Museum of Natural History and when I was making cocktails. We started dancing again, and this time I allowed myself to focus on the sensations of my body moving to the beat of the song from my childhood and of Rosie moving to the same rhythm.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“It was only later that I realised that I had experienced extended close contact with another human without feeling uncomfortable. I attributed it to my concentration on correctly executing the dance steps.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“I became aware of applause. It seemed natural. I had been living in the world of romantic comedy and this was the final scene. But it was real. The entire University Club dining room had been watching. I decided to complete the story according to tradition and kissed Rosie.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“Why do people value others’ time so little? Now we would have the inevitable small talk. I could have spent fifteen minutes at home practicing aikido.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“You considered me as a partner?’ ‘Sure,’ she said. ‘Except for the fact that you have no idea of social behaviour, your life’s ruled by a whiteboard and you’re incapable of feeling love – you’re perfect.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“I have heard the word ‘stunning’ used to describe women, but this was the first time I had actually been stunned by one.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“If you shut yourself down, you’re wasting two days of your life that someone is trying to make exciting and productive and fun for you.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“I need a minute to think,” she said. I automatically started the timer on my watch. Suddenly Rosie started laughing. I looked at her, understandably puzzled at this outburst in the middle of a critical life decision. “The watch,” she said. “I say ‘I need a minute’ and you start timing. Don is not dead.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“Logically, I should be attractive to a wide range of women. In the animal kingdom, I would succeed in reproducing. However, there is something about me that women find unappealing. I have never found it easy to make friends, and it seems that the deficiencies that caused this problem have also affected my attempts at romantic relationships.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“I never watch sports. Ever. The reasons are obvious—or should be to anyone who values their time.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“So why the stress?" said Gene. “You have had sex before?”
“Of course,” I said. “My doctor is strongly in favor.”
“Frontiers of medical science,” said Gene.
He was probably making a joke. I think the value of regular sex has been known for some time. I explained further. “It’s just adding a second person makes it complicated.”
― The Rosie Project
“Of course,” I said. “My doctor is strongly in favor.”
“Frontiers of medical science,” said Gene.
He was probably making a joke. I think the value of regular sex has been known for some time. I explained further. “It’s just adding a second person makes it complicated.”
― The Rosie Project
“In the last eight weeks I had experienced two of the three best times of my adult life, assuming all visits to the Museum of Natural History were treated as one event. They had both been with Rosie. Was there a correlation? It was critical to find out.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“Jesus addresses the angry mob who are stoning a prostitute: ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.’ A stone flies through the air and hits the woman. Jesus turns around and says, ‘Sometimes you really piss me off, Mother.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
Reading Progress
Finished Reading
September 13, 2016
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Adoro as suas críticas. Muito originais, Maria. Irei ler este sem dúvida.
É ASSIM Maria Espadinha, tenho que deixar de ler as tuas criticas, que cada vez que as leio fico com uma vontade (e uma enorme curiosidde) de ler os livros!Isto tudo para dizer, que ... olha pronto já adicionei mais um à minha lista de desejos! ;)
Daniel wrote: "Adoro as suas críticas. Muito originais, Maria. Irei ler este sem dúvida."Fico feliz que as minhas reviews lhe causem essa impressão tão positiva, Daniel :)
Claudio wrote: "É ASSIM Maria Espadinha, tenho que deixar de ler as tuas criticas, que cada vez que as leio fico com uma vontade (e uma enorme curiosidde) de ler os livros!Isto tudo para dizer, que ... olha pron..."
Olá Cláudio.
Ainda bem que a tua lista de desejos cresceu com mais este título!
Espero bem que te divirtas :)
E...peço-te que não desistas das minhas reviews. Senão, como poderei continuar a gostar das tuas intervenções ?! ;)
Pois é Maria, a mim acontece-me o mesmo. Gosto muito das suas reviews, mesmo! São originais e cativantes, o mal mesmo é ficar sempre com vontade de adicionar à minha lista (enorme) de livros a adquirir/ler e de preferência, com urgência... a maior parte das vezes nem uma nem outra. :(
Olá Rosie.Alegra-me que aprecie as minhas reviews.
Quanto ao escalonamento das suas leituras, se houver muitas em fila de espera que lhe agradem, sugiro atirar a moeda ao ar. Hehe ;)
Bjinhos
Aih...não chega! Não tenho por hábito recorrer a bibliotecas, até porque o meu ritmo é lento (o tempo de que dispomos é sempre curto para tudo o que queremos e necessitamos, né?) então vou lendo os que vou adquirindo... ora essa pilha é sempre menor do que a lista dos ambicionamos que vai aumentando exponencialmente. Há que ter paciência... Beijinhos Maria.
Ok, Rosie!Agir sem pressões é sempre o melhor :)
Beijinhos
Ah, my dear Maria, now I see what you were writing about on my review. I agree with you 100% on this one. Love surprises everyone, even Don and Rosie. And a lot of laughter ensues (and nothing wrong with that).
And you will be happy to know I started the second book!
Hello my dear David :)Great to know you returned to Don and Rosie
They are certainly an unforgettable peculiar couple whose company is easy to enjoy :)
I remember that In this one poor Don is gonna hv some hard time!
Maria wrote: "Hello my dear David :)Great to know you returned to Don and Rosie
They are certainly an unforgettable peculiar couple whose company is easy to enjoy :)
I remember that In this one poor Don is gonn..."
He is having a very hard time...poor Don.
Yeaaa, I told you so, David...Poor Don, such a good guy, and life is treating him so badly :(
But that's how we grow...
a mi gusto mucho esta libro :))
Yes, it’s a great book, MarkThanks for your comment
Happy new year
Good story for sure...glad you enjoyed it as well
Hi JonathanYes it was a very enjoyable book
Thanks for stopping by
Happy new year 🥳
Bjões e uma ótima semana!