Assimilation Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“Sometimes he felt like the only one on earth. He was different. He always was. His attempts at living in the regular world seemed…

— Ann Brashares

“But the stories had made him different, too. They had shaped his appetite, his moral prejudices, who he was.”

— Nancy Horan

“Each of us has his or her own distinct personality. But overlaid on top of that are tendencies and assumptions and reflexes handed down…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“We were very different people outwardly but we shared the same core values and beliefs.”

— Debbie Macomber

“Like many people the young man was caught between conflicting cultures, diametrically opposed to each other, and through this he had to navigate. I…

— Cass Tell

“It was confusing pretending to be completely different people, particularly because it had been so long since the Baudelaires were able to be the…

— Lemony Snicket

“He was something in between. Steadfast in pursuit but adaptable. Charming yet respectful. In other words, complex.”

— Priscilla West

“He was just one of those people ... one of a thousand expats who'd dragged their unhappiness to the other side of the world,…

— Jon Courtenay Grimwood

“Given the infinite variety of human personalities, it was impossible to like everyone.”

— Anne McCaffrey

“... we seemed to possess a similar worldview: slightly jaded, fiercely independent ... ”

— Douglas Kennedy

“I began noticing that he only tensed up around certain people. Curiously, they were the same people I’d always had an off feeling about…the…

— Sloane Kennedy

“What he had was a sense that few things mattered much. That few people are to be feared. And so he now faced all…

— Dave Eggers