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.
Jodi PicoultMy mother moves so fast I do not even see it coming. But she slaps my face hard enough to make my head snap backward. She leaves a print that stains me long after itโs faded. Just so you know: shame is five-fingered.
Jodi PicoultThatโs what religion does. It points a finger. It causes wars. It breaks apart countries. Itโs a petri dish for stereotypes to grow in. Religionโs not about being holy...Just holier-than-thous.
Jodi Picoult