“...ever since he was young there grew a sense that he did not belong. Somehow, he was not like the others, somehow, he spent his days somewhere else, outside space and outside time, to avoid those around him. Not because he wanted to, he was quite innocent then, but because he was forced to the outside of the circle: ostracized, an outcast. Now even in his older years it haunted him still. He wasn’t like the other students at the university.” SchoolUniversityBelongingAcademiaOutsider Book:Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim Source: Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim
“He wondered when the world would stop punishing him for being himself. Would it ever? The academic hierarchy looked upon him with disdain and distrust, they tossed him around several ways hoping to fix him but it only made him worse, more defiant, more confident in his disobedience.” SchoolUniversityBelongingAcademia Book:Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim Source: Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim