Quotes About Individuality

Even though you're not my type, gender-wise, you're my type, person-wise.

When Dawn looked at Vic, she saw Vic exactly as he wanted to be seen. Whereas Vic's parents couldn't help seeing who he used to be, and so many friends and strangers couldn't help seeing who he didn't want to be anymore, Dawn only saw him. Call it a blur if you want, but Dawn didn't see a blur. She saw a very distinct, very clear person.

Then again. Maybe the simple diagnosis of either hetero or homo is misleading. Maybe there's just sexuality, and it's bendable and unpredictable.

Even though you're not my type, gender wise, you're certainly my type, person-wise.

You know one me. Just like I know one you. But you can't know every me, Evan. And I can't know every you.

Since I'm not part of it yet, I see it: how a group of people can become a blizzard, how all the tie spent buying and picking out exactly the right clothes doesn't mean shit now because nobody is looking at clothes or poses.

He never wears a watch (his own rebellion against time, against watching).

It's just nice to see you out from his shadow. Because things don't grow in the shadows, you know? So it was frustrating to see you standing there...and really cool to see you step out of it. I don't know who this new guy is, but make sure when you're with him, you're not standing in his shadow. Stand where everyone can see you.

There are times when I'm alone and I think, This is it. This is actually the natural state. All I need are my thoughts and my small acts of creation and my ability to go or do whatever I want to go or do. I am myself, and that is the point. Pairing is a social construction. It is by no means necessary for everyone to do it. Maybe I'm better like this. Maybe I could live my life in my own world, and then simply leave it when it's time to go.

He plants himself right there in front of Craig's mother and says, "You need to love him. I don't care who you thought he was, or who you want him to be, you need to love him exactly as he is because your son is a remarkable human being. You have to understand that." And Craig's mother whispers back, "I know. I know.

We all think we are actors, given our scripts. But really? You're the playwright. You're the composer.

And Avery looks up at just that moment and sees the blue-haired boy glancing his way. Some of us applaud. Others look away, because it hurts too much.

Whatever everyone else was not, I was willing to be.

Either way, you were connected. By your desires. By your defiance. By the simple, complicated fact of who you were.

No. I don't. You don't always have to be who they want you to be, you know.

He treats his body like it's made of fireworks, each one timed to the beat. Is he dancing alone or dancing with everyone in the room? Here's the secret: It doesn't matter.

The feeling that the world is full of people who think different is synonymous with wrong.

LYNDA: Don't get trapped into thinking people are halves instead of wholes. TINY: People are halves? LYNDA: They're not trying to sell you on it yet, but believe me, they will. The idea that two is the ideal, and that one is only good as half of two. You are not a half, and you should never treat someone else like a half. Agreed? TINY: Agreed!

We spend most of the day together at school, but not in a way that limits our interactions with other people. If anything, we incorporate our friends into what we have between us. We exist as individuals. We exist as a pair. We exist as parts of trios, quartets, and so on. And it all feels right.

Even though the own world doesn't matter to her, she matter to the world

We wish we could offer you a creation myth, an exact reason why you are the way you are, why when you read this sentence, you will know it's about you.

Maybe I'm better like this. Maybe I could live my life in my own world, and then simply leave it when it's time to go.

I look for that confirmation that if I didn't have you, I'd still be a person someone would want.

Nobody ever took my picture. They didn't want to. Or I wouldn't let them. You were the only exception.