“If people around you don’t think what you’re doing is a bit strange, maybe it’s not strange enough.”— Patrick Collison, tim.blog
“Sure: maybe the event wasn't a perfect fit for me… it happens. But rather than sink into the joy of finding the pieces that did lined up (dancing! connecting! authentic aha moments!), I spent most of the evening setting myself apart, other-ing.”— Ariel Meadow Stallings, offbeatbride.com
“I'm an unconventional girl. That's what you like about me.”— Vince Calandra, Camille Preaker, Amy Adams, imdb.com
“I know I'm a little different from everyone else, but I'm still a human being. That's what I'd like you to realize. I'm just a regular person, not some monster. I feel the same things everyone else does, act the same way. Sometimes, though, that small difference feels like an abyss. But I guess ther…”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I am not other people, and we are not other people.”— Julia Brownell, Sarah Cleary, Michelle Monaghan, imdb.com
“— a lot of people who are artists don't understand it themselves. Especially the young ones. They feel different, but they don't know what it is. They feel more. Everything hurts. Everything. They're supersensitive. They see things that other people don't see.”— Rick Rubin, esquire.com
“Categories are rarely permanent, and most important work is done by people who don't easily fit in.”— Seth Godin, sethgodin.typepad.com
“Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com