--- title: "19 Me Quotes By Stella Young" description: "19 Me quotes by Stella Young. Plus more from Stella Young and more Me sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/stella-young-7013_everyone_if-everyone-s-looking-at-me-i-might-as-w_2739880.jpg" --- > [If everyone's looking at me, I might as well say something interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/if-everyone-s-looking-at-me-i-might-as-well-say-something-interesting/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/stella-young-7013_everyone_if-everyone-s-looking-at-me-i-might-as-w_2739880.jpg) > [For me, in some ways, my whole life is a bit performative and always has been - because I'm stared at and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/for-me-in-some-ways-my-whole-life-is-a-bit-performative-and-always/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/stella-young-7013_always_for-me-in-some-ways-my-whole-life-is-a-b_328896.jpg) > [My parents didn't know what to do with me, so they just pretended I was normal, and that worked out quite well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/my-parents-didn-t-know-what-to-do-with-me-so-they-just-pretended-i/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66b/stella-young-7013_father_my-parents-didn-t-know-what-to-do-with-m_1621481.jpg) > [Doctors are not fortune tellers, and neither am I. Having lived with disability since birth does not afford me immunity from illness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/doctors-are-not-fortune-tellers-and-neither-am-i-having-lived-with/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/stella-young-7013_afford_doctors-are-not-fortune-tellers-and-neit_729379.jpg) > [For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/for-me-and-for-many-other-people-with-disabilities-our-status-as/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/stella-young-7013_disabilities_for-me-and-for-many-other-people-with-di_2488535.jpg) > [I've lost count of the number of times that I've been approached by strangers wanting to tell me that they think I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/i-ve-lost-count-of-the-number-of-times-that-i-ve-been-approached-by/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/stella-young-7013_any_i-ve-lost-count-of-the-number-of-times-t_778429.jpg) > [I am repeatedly asked in interviews exactly 'what's wrong' with me, and I always give them the same answer; I don't identify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/i-am-repeatedly-asked-in-interviews-exactly-what-s-wrong-with-me-and/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/stella-young-7013_always_i-am-repeatedly-asked-in-interviews-exac_44932.jpg) > [I, like many women, buy into patriarchal standards of beauty every day. I very rarely leave the house without make-up. I dye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/i-like-many-women-buy-into-patriarchal-standards-of-beauty-every-day/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/stella-young-7013_beauty_i-like-many-women-buy-into-patriarchal-s_1012393.jpg) > [In Australia, a deaf person attending an interview must take their own interpreter at their own expense, or ask the employer to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/in-australia-a-deaf-person-attending-an-interview-must-take-their-own/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/stella-young-7013_ask_in-australia-a-deaf-person-attending-an_1221940.jpg) > [It became very clear to me that Yooralla was not as interested in media coverage that explored issues faced by people with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/it-became-very-clear-to-me-that-yooralla-was-not-as-interested-in/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/stella-young-7013_back_it-became-very-clear-to-me-that-yooralla_1721465.jpg) > [Disability informs almost every part of my life. It's as important, if not more so, than my gender and sexuality. It's certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/disability-informs-almost-every-part-of-my-life-it-s-as-important-if/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/stella-young-7013_almost_disability-informs-almost-every-part-of_2948147.jpg) > [Believe me, people with disabilities are just as concerned about benefit fraud as anyone else. Money spent on those who are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/believe-me-people-with-disabilities-are-just-as-concerned-about/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/stella-young-7013_about_believe-me-people-with-disabilities-are_382129.jpg) > [Let me make this clear: my impairment is such that without a wheelchair, I can't do very much for myself. I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/let-me-make-this-clear-my-impairment-is-such-that-without-a/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/stella-young-7013_bed_let-me-make-this-clear-my-impairment-is_2915953.jpg) > [My mother loves to remind me that about the age of four, I made a somewhat formal announcement that I was going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/my-mother-loves-to-remind-me-that-about-the-age-of-four-i-made-a/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/stella-young-7013_about_my-mother-loves-to-remind-me-that-about_2289458.jpg) > [I let go of the notion of wanting someone to ignore the way I look in order to find me attractive, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/i-let-go-of-the-notion-of-wanting-someone-to-ignore-the-way-i-look-in/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/stella-young-7013_attracted_i-let-go-of-the-notion-of-wanting-someon_1128003.jpg) > [For me, disability is a physical experience, but it's also a cultural experience and a social experience, and for me, the word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/for-me-disability-is-a-physical-experience-but-it-s-also-a-cultural/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/stella-young-7013_also_for-me-disability-is-a-physical-experien_2155166.jpg) > [In my own home, where I've been able to create an environment that works for me, I'm hardly disabled at all. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/in-my-own-home-where-i-ve-been-able-to-create-an-environment-that/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/stella-young-7013_able_in-my-own-home-where-i-ve-been-able-to-c_2977630.jpg) > [It is nothing short of baffling to me how a city like Melbourne, where I struggle to find accessible facilities on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/it-is-nothing-short-of-baffling-to-me-how-a-city-like-melbourne-where/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/stella-young-7013_accessible_it-is-nothing-short-of-baffling-to-me-ho_2798826.jpg) > [From time to time, people pat me on the head. It happens on public transport, in the supermarket, in bars. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/from-time-to-time-people-pat-me-on-the-head-it-happens-on-public/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/stella-young-7013_bars_from-time-to-time-people-pat-me-on-the-h_1611062.jpg) ## Other authors on Me ## More by Stella Young > [I am repeatedly asked in interviews exactly 'what's wrong' with me, and I always give them the same answer; I don't identify the name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/i-am-repeatedly-asked-in-interviews-exactly-what-s-wrong-with-me-and/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [We think we know what it's all about; we think that disability is a really simple thing, and we don't expect to see disabled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/we-think-we-know-what-it-s-all-about-we-think-that-disability-is-a/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [For me, in some ways, my whole life is a bit performative and always has been - because I'm stared at and looked at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/for-me-in-some-ways-my-whole-life-is-a-bit-performative-and-always/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [Believe me, people with disabilities are just as concerned about benefit fraud as anyone else. Money spent on those who are not in need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/believe-me-people-with-disabilities-are-just-as-concerned-about/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [In many ways, I'm incredibly lucky to have been born with my impairment and that it's visible. It means my path has been predictable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/in-many-ways-i-m-incredibly-lucky-to-have-been-born-with-my/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [Death is not treatment, even if it's medically facilitated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/death-is-not-treatment-even-if-it-s-medically-facilitated/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [Personally, I like a generous side of wheelchair access with my cities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/personally-i-like-a-generous-side-of-wheelchair-access-with-my-cities/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in a world where we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/we-ve-been-sold-this-lie-that-disability-makes-you-exceptional-and-it/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [When patronised, I'm unfortunately more flight than fight. Perhaps it's because I actually feel quite wounded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/when-patronised-i-m-unfortunately-more-flight-than-fight-perhaps-it-s/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/i-have-a-condition-that-is-included-among-the-200-or-so-classified-as/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [The problem for many people with disabilities is not that we are not able to work a certain number of hours a week. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/the-problem-for-many-people-with-disabilities-is-not-that-we-are-not/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [As a wheelchair user, I am utterly obsessed with toilets, and all my friends know it. A simple invitation to the pub is consistently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/as-a-wheelchair-user-i-am-utterly-obsessed-with-toilets-and-all-my/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [Doctors are not fortune tellers, and neither am I. Having lived with disability since birth does not afford me immunity from illness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/doctors-are-not-fortune-tellers-and-neither-am-i-having-lived-with/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [From my first days in Washington D.C., where I rolled a whole four downtown blocks without seeing a single shop, cafe, bar or restaurant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/from-my-first-days-in-washington-d-c-where-i-rolled-a-whole-four/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) > [On the whole, my life is and has been wonderful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/on-the-whole-my-life-is-and-has-been-wonderful/) [Stella Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-young/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/me/stella-young/#itemlist", "name": "19 Me Quotes By Stella Young", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If everyone's looking at me, I might as well say something interesting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stella Young" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/if-everyone-s-looking-at-me-i-might-as-well-say-something-interesting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/stella-young-7013_everyone_if-everyone-s-looking-at-me-i-might-as-w_2739880.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/stella-young-7013_everyone_if-everyone-s-looking-at-me-i-might-as-w_2739880.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/stella-young-7013_everyone_if-everyone-s-looking-at-me-i-might-as-w_2739880.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If everyone's looking at me, I might as well say something interesting.” — Stella Young", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For me, in some ways, my whole life is a bit performative and always has been - because I'm stared at and looked at everywhere I go.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stella Young" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/for-me-in-some-ways-my-whole-life-is-a-bit-performative-and-always/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/stella-young-7013_always_for-me-in-some-ways-my-whole-life-is-a-b_328896.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/stella-young-7013_always_for-me-in-some-ways-my-whole-life-is-a-b_328896.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/stella-young-7013_always_for-me-in-some-ways-my-whole-life-is-a-b_328896.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For me, in some ways, my whole life is a bit performative and always has been - because I'm stared at and…” — Stella Young", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My parents didn't know what to do with me, so they just pretended I was normal, and that worked out quite well for me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stella Young" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-young/my-parents-didn-t-know-what-to-do-with-me-so-they-just-pretended-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66b/stella-young-7013_father_my-parents-didn-t-know-what-to-do-with-m_1621481.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66b/stella-young-7013_father_my-parents-didn-t-know-what-to-do-with-m_1621481.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66b/stella-young-7013_father_my-parents-didn-t-know-what-to-do-with-m_1621481.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My parents didn't know what to do with me, so they just pretended I was normal, and that worked out quite…” — Stella Young", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Doctors are not fortune tellers, and neither am I. 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