“From the moment of birth, at every level, human beings who are more alike than different become polarized into two absolutely exclusive classes with very different and ill-distributed symbolic powers.” HumansTwoDifferentMomentsHuman BeingsLevelsClassBirthIllExclusiveSymbolic Author:Nancy Mairs
“Do others, I wondered, "see things as I do? I do not think so, for if they did they would not still be alive." And, life-threatening though my vision seemed, I would not repudiate it: "Sometimes I think I shall die from being different even as I cling to the difference fiercely."” IfsThinkingStillsDifferentSometimesDiesDifferencesVisionAliveConformityThreateningBeing DifferentNon Conformity Author:Nancy Mairs
