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“Everybody thinks it’s going to be different for them, Janice said. The dinosaurs thought so too.”
“Ana was a tornado. A jagged, hundred-sided peg in a community where everyone was supposed to fit into round holes.”
“He felt as if there were something missing inside him that didn't fit in with their merriment, with their willing ignorance of the world outside the castle. It went beyond his title. He had enjoyed...”
“He got why Eleanor tried so hard to look different. Sort of. It was because she was different - because she wasn't afraid to be.”
“We’re all different in many ways and alike in many ways and special in some sort of way.”
“What I don’t understand about your type is that you want to emulate the other side. You kick up such a commotion about being different, and all you want is to be the same.”
“Everyone I've ever met who was worth knowing was a bit different at school. You just need to find your people''Find my people?''Your tribe”
“I guess not being ‘just like them’ is a crime.”
“But the English are different, and they don’t know how to be other than different.”
“At the same time, we held back. Because she was different. Different. We had no one to compare her to, no one to measure her against.”
“People are so different in wartime. No one gets to be ordinary. Not really.”