Author:: [[Graeme Simsion]] DateFinished:: Rating:: Tags:: #📩 #🟥 # The Rosie Project  ## Highlights presumably departed for the day, and I was again ([Location 327](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BSBR9N6&location=327)) ## New highlights added 11-08-2024 at 8:04 AM Why do we focus on certain things at the expense of others? We will risk our lives to save a person from drowning, yet not make a donation that could save dozens of children from starvation. ([Location 1234](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BSBR9N6&location=1234)) We are genetically programmed to react to stimuli in our immediate vicinity. Responding to complex issues that we cannot perceive directly requires the application of reasoning, which is less powerful than instinct. ([Location 1239](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BSBR9N6&location=1239)) 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. ([Location 2894](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BSBR9N6&location=2894)) “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.” ([Location 2957](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BSBR9N6&location=2957))