I'm not here to be small, to compare, to judge (myself or you), to fit in or to be perfect. I'm here to grow, to learn, to love, to be human.

— Sue Fitzmaurice

Instead of writing my rules, I followed his. And that’s when I knew it all went wrong.

— Dominic Riccitello

I sometimes wonder how many beautiful black sweaters have been knit from my wool.

— D. M. Timney

It is less about becoming a better person, and more of being better, as a person.

— J.R. Rim

It’s better to be a “misfit” than a “one-size-fits-all”!

— Mandy Hale

It's sweet and everything, but it's like you're not even there sometimes. It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. Furthermore, you have to do things." "Like what?" I asked. My mouth was dry. "I don't know. Like take their hands when the slow song comes up for a change. Or be the one who asks someone for a date. Or tell people what you need. Or what you want.

— Stephen Chbosky

It was almost painful to be different.

— Shannon A. Thompson

I've learned that I have to stop equating saying yes with being a good person. I think I am being good when I say yes to everything, but saying yes to something I cannot live up to leads to bitterness and disappointment.

— Karin Rahbek

I wonder in what way I would function as a person, in a society without ever attending school. I'd be myself.

— J.R. Rim

I would much rather lose people than compromise my beliefs & values to please them.

— Trevor Driggers