Belonging Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

I think being an only child created in me a degree of self-reliance, which I'm glad of. It made me perfectly happy with my…

— Alan Hollinghurst

The feeling of being an outsider was a big part of my childhood. I think that helps comedians. That feeling of being an outsider.…

— Kurt Braunohler

I often felt myself to be an outsider, which is great training for all writers.

— Karen Russell

I always had this put-together family, and I always identified as the outsider. And that's a position where I feel most comfortable, and yet…

— Lily King

The peculiarities of my childhood, of constantly moving through so many different cultures, of always being the outsider, may have made me extraordinarily self-sufficient,…

— Scott Anderson

I was a very quiet kid who didn't feel normal being outgoing and running around, so all the beauty that was in my life,…

— Alison Sudol

The different social forces that affected my parents' lives or my friends' lives or I saw around me became essential for me to write…

— Bruce Springsteen

I had the lonely child's habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my…

— George Orwell

I had never had a deep sense of belonging anywhere. I always felt I was an outsider.

— Chirlane McCray

When I was growing up, all I wanted to do was fit in, but if you're perpetually an outsider, it gives you a perspective…

— Moby

I was always obsessed with being a writer of some sort.

— David Droga

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

— Dean Kamen