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“Of course I alienate myself from society. It's the only way I know of not being constantly reminded of all the ways I'm alienated…

— Joshua Ferris

“The harder I tried to assimilate, the more I had the feeling that I was distancing myself from my culture, betraying my parents and…

— Marjane Satrapi

“Once again, I tried to change who I was because the emerging person deep within didn’t fit the expectations of the religious community around…

— Charles Benedict

“Though this situation is extreme, have you ever found yourself in an unexpected place but where, deep down, you knew you were supposed to…

— C.S. Lewis

“And if you’re really lucky, you might even meet people who are weird in the exact same way you are and feel like you’ve…

— Chelsea Sedoti

“I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative. I don't like anything in the mainstream and…

— Bill Hicks

“I've always felt like an outsider in this industry. Because I'm so insane I guess.”

— Robert Downey Jr

“(My parents) had always instilled in me that it was way cooler to be an individual and to be unique and that you don't…

— Winona Ryder

“...one person can come along and change your life, and that being a misfit, as I was, doesn't mean you won't find friends and…

— Amy Hill Hearth

“It was strange, however, failing to belong even at a party full of outsiders.”

— Nick Hornby

“I’m a foreigner in the world and I don’t understand the language. It’s a miserable feeling. I’ve had it all my life. At the…

— Jean Webster, Daddy Long Legs

“So I pulled back from everything and everyone I'd known…I realized I'd been changing even before we started moving,that my reinvention began when I…

— Sarah Dessen