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“I embrace my weirdness. Some people would rather conform and wear 'normal' like a costume on Halloween. I can't pretend that I'm one-dimensional. We're all weirdos that feel normal when we're grouped with our type of weird.”

Book:Butterflies

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Butterflies

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“Beware of Strangers As children, they teach us To beware of strangers, To refrain from approaching them. As we grow older we learn That no one is stranger than those We thought we’d known all our lives. As we grow older we learn That a stranger may carry more empathy, And may understand us more deeply. Even feelings of affection from a stranger May be more sincere. And so I ask: can humanity and the strangeness be synonymous? Could we say: I am a stranger; therefore I am? Can we truly feel alive Without strange things Strange encounters without strangers reminding us that our hearts and minds are still beating? They teach us to avoid strangers, And life teaches us that human awareness can only be borne out Of the dagger of strangeness… That life is tasteless When we don’t mix it with strangers… That familiarity is opposed to life! And thus, I loudly declare: A stranger I was born. A stranger I wish to remain! And I ask that you issue my death certificate The day I become familiar. [Original poem published in Arabic on October 29 at ahewar.org]”

Identity Adventure Experience Familiarity Human Existence Strangers Weirdness Strangeness Arabic Poetry Arabic Literature

Author:Louis Yako

“If everything seems strange to you when you look around, then there must be something weird about you! If nothing looks strange to you when you look around, then there must be something weird about you again!”

Strange Mehmet Murat Ildan Quotes Weird Weirdness Strangeness

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Frankly, I don't think you're weird enough.”

Being Different Weirdness Being Weird Being The Same

Book:Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One

Source: Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One

“The strangenesses are multiplying, he wrote in his article, though the world before they began was already a strange place, so often it's difficult to know if an event falls into the category of the old, ordinary strangenesses or the new, extraordinary variety.”

World Weirdness Strangeness Strangenesses

Book:Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

Source: Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

“I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.”

Perspective Weirdness

Author:Paul McCartney

“If we make a comment about a person who seems weird to us without knowing what she has experienced in her life, this will be the real weirdness.”

Strange Mehmet Murat Ildan Quotes Weird Weirdness Strangeness

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“There are two types of people. The first are people who think there are two types of people. The second are those who’ve accepted that everyone is tragically, and gloriously, different.”

Funny Freedom Society Identity Individuality Individualism Uniqueness The Goodbye Song Weirdness Word Play

Book:The Goodbye Song

Source: The Goodbye Song

“Sometimes, in their wide-eyed, ashamed, fanatical temperament, their humanity spills out in a discomfort that is nearly frightening. But, we all harbor some form of innocent strangeness that we keep to ourselves—our fears, our obsessions, our questionable sanities. They are the reasons why we do things— routes we take, instruments we learn, and CDs we buy. It sounds like honey, but I’m not just being an essayist here. I do believe it. And it’s the truth because today, I’d like to share my strange with you.”

Personality Sanity Craziness The Goodbye Song Weirdness Strangeness Opening Lines Peculiarity

Book:The Goodbye Song

Source: The Goodbye Song

“What say you, Commander?” he asked Lindstrom. “Oh, why not?” Nils answered, throwing up a hand. “Taking directions from sentient pixie dust was the last open square on my bingo card of space weirdness.”

Aliens Space Exploration Weirdness

Book:Spooky Action at a Distance

Source: Spooky Action at a Distance

“Weirdness isn't born. It's made. By awesome parents.”

Parenting Weirdness Being Weird Awesome Parents Parental Weirdness Passing On Weirdness Weird Dads Weird Moms Weird Parents

Book:Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One

Source: Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One

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