Quotes About Individuality

Lots of women are gifting themselves with diamonds for their right hand.

But...if everyone was special, wouldn't that really mean that no one was special at all?

You put on a mask. But don't you see? Nobody can really know you unless they know your extremes

if everyone was special, wouldn't that really mean that no one was special at all?

Be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.

Yuki-eh, you must learn to be a lady. I don't think I ever quite learned to do that. I liked my music loud. My skirts short - I know, Mommy, even this one is too short! She wanted me to marry a lawyer - instead, I became one.

My dear, there is no universal secret. There's only the secret each writer discovers for herself. The path forward

They come in all shapes and sizes, all races and creeds and genders. That's the scariest thing of all

Which means what?" I demanded. "That I'm nothing? That I'm not a person? That you can do anything you want to me and it's okay? You're so full of it! But you're wrong. I know that I do matter. I am important. And you're a pathetic, cold, pointless wastoid who's going to grow old alone and die, then roast in limbo forever.

No one is going to admit it to you, but we're all miracles out here, every last one of us.

My name's J.J.," she said, seeming completely comfortable with this social interaction. My palms were sweating. "It's short for Jennifer Joy. I mean, what were my parents thinking?

Exercise the right to think for yourself

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself

Flip kept telling me not to worry so much about Miller, but Flip was Flip, and I was me. And Miller definitely had it in for ME.

Yours, neither.

I may have been dressed as a falcon, but I'll tell you what. I felt like the biggest

But I didn't need Prince Charming.

out that shoes are required to eat in the cafeteria. But socks can eat anywhere they like!

That I'm nothing? That I'm not a person? That you can do anything you want to me and it's okay? You're so full of it! But you're wrong. I know that I do matter. I am important

His name was Butchie Dykes.

yourself in one of these cells.

This taught me a lesson: there will always be someone smarter, younger, and tougher than you. People who seem to be rewarded more than you. It's important to accept that and focus on your own unique strengths. Otherwise , it will unravel you.

letting them know it's all right to do what they want. They don't have to resign themselves to some soul-destroying nine-to-five they hate.

Why are you here, young man? Shouldn't you be home watching Thomas the Tank Engine with the rest of the kids in your kindergarten class?