In the moments before, she laid a hand on his arm. 'No matter what,' she said, giving him a look, 'you cannot stop. - Jodi Picoult

When you don't fit in, you become superhuman. You can feel everyone else's eyes on you, stuck like Velcro. You can hear a whisper about you from a mile away. You can disappear, even when it looks like you're still standing right there. You can scream, and nobody hears a sound.
You become the mutant who fell into the vat of acid, the Joker who can't remove his mask, the bionic man who's missing all his limbs and none of his heart.
You are the thing that used to be normal, but that was so long ago, you can't even remember what it was like.

I have only known her for two years. But if you took every memory, every moment, if you stretched them end to end-they'd reach forever.

You make yourself strong because it's expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need you to be.