It's never the differences between people that surprise us. It's the things that, against all odds, we have in common.

What if the puzzle of the world was a shape you didn't fit into? And the only way to survive was to mutilate yourself, carve away your corners, sand yourself down, modify yourself to fit? How come we haven't been able to change the puzzle instead?

And the very act of living is a tide; at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded

But there's an enormous difference between an audience that's watching you because they can't wait to see what comes next and an audience that's watching you because they're waiting for you to fail.

It's never the differences between people that suprise us. It's the things that, against all odds, we have in common.

He knew that there was a difference between something that makes you happy and something that doesn’t make you unhappy. The trick was convincing yourself these were one and the same.

There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher.