The Black Balloon - Seeing Beyond the Darkness
Jackie Masters:
Close your eyes, what do you see?
Thomas Mollison:
Black.
Jackie Masters:
Look harder.
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The Black Balloon - Family Loyalty Amidst Challenges
Thomas Mollison:
Dad, do you ever wish Charlie was normal?
Simon Mollison:
All I know is he's my own, and you're weak as piss if you don't look after your own.
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The Black Balloon - School Bus Conversations Between Friends
Russell: [sitting next to Thomas, who does not have autism but has been forced to get a ride to his school by riding in the special-education school bus with his brother Charlie who has autism; Russell has autism and is Charlie's friend]
Are you riding the bus? Are you coming to our school?
Thomas Mollison:
No, no!
Russell:
Oh, yes you are! Thomas is coming to our school! Thomas is riding the bus with Charlie! Thomas is riding the bus with Russell! Do you like buses, Thomas? Do you like buses?
Russell: [loudly, with the semi-musical inflection of reciting a nursery rhyme; laughing loudly]
Thomas doesn't like buses! Thomas doesn't like buses!
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The Black Balloon - Understanding Autism and Its Misconceptions
Boy:
Why's your brother a spastic?
Thomas Mollison:
He's not a spastic. He's autistic.
Boy:
Same diff.
Thomas Mollison:
No, not really.
Boy:
He doesn't talk and shit.
Thomas Mollison:
Yes, he doesn't talk.
Boy:
Then why does he make all that fuckin noise?
Maggie Mollison:
Hello, boys. Where do you live?
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