It was the fact that they tried so hard that doomed them.

That empty sick feeling came over me again. In a big school it was easy to fade into the background, but I didn’t know if that would be possible here. I tried not to think about it anymore.

Peer pressure is just that: pressure.

Fitting in" is one of those horrible diseases that turn reasonable minds into sheep-gelatin hive minds.

Don't compare yourself to others, instead challenge your capacity.

But you don't have to fit in to be okay. Believe me! I am the not-fitting-in world expert. I have not fit in in maybe five different countries so far. I am homelandless. I even make mistakes when I speak Bulgarian. But it's not big deal, not really. It's not the end of the world, right? It's okay.