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The Misfit's Manifesto

(TED Books)

A self-defined misfit makes a powerful case for not fitting in—for recognizing the beauty, and difficulty, in forging an original path. A misfit is a person who missed fitting in, a person who fits in badly, or this: a person who is poorly adapted

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Lidia Yuknavitch (7)

“And even as we felt none or were robbed of it along the way, we know how to illuminate a path to self-worth based on helping others, based on recognizing that you belong to something besides the violence around you.”

— Lidia Yuknavitch, amazon.com

Tagged: Misfits, Outsiders, Channel Your Adversity, Pain Into Purpose, Helping Others

“So one kind of misfit is the child who grew up and through one kind of violence or another, and what we have to give is this: We can endure. We know how to breathe differently in a crisis, with calm and presence.”

— Lidia Yuknavitch, amazon.com

Tagged: Misfits, Outsiders

“There is nothing wrong with us. We are the rest of you. We are useful to our culture and more; we have specific skills born of resistance, reinvention, and resilience that are vital to human existence.”

— Lidia Yuknavitch, amazon.com

Tagged: Misfits, Outsiders

“Some of us manage to invent bodies, voices, and lives worth living even though we don’t fit in to the normative socius.”

— Lidia Yuknavitch, amazon.com

Tagged: Misfits, Outsiders

“Misfits, from my point of view, are everything. The world needs us.”

— Lidia Yuknavitch, amazon.com

Tagged: Misfits, Outsiders

“Misfits transform fear and anger and grief into expression rather than destruction—we give something of value to the rest of culture rather than succumbing to our own misery, particularly when those around us recognize our value. Misfits know how to resist the homogenizing narratives of culture sinc…”

— Lidia Yuknavitch, amazon.com

Tagged: Misfits, Outsiders

“Misfits are remarkably good at invention, reinvention...We are resilient; we don’t just survive, we invent how to thrive.”

— Lidia Yuknavitch, amazon.com

Tagged: Misfits, Outsiders