As teenagers, we all see ourselves as outsiders... and it's very easy to look at other people who are more popular, who have more pocket money, and it makes you feel even more like an outsider, and it does shape who you become as a person.
Maggie StiefvaterBlue tried not to look at Gansey's boat shoes; she felt better about him as a person if she pretended he wasn't wearing them.
Maggie StiefvaterMercy Falls was all about rumors, and the rumor on Jack was that he got his short fuse from his dad. I didn't know about that. It seemed like you ought to pick the sort of person you would be, no matter what your parents were like.
Maggie Stiefvater