We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.

Laura began to model herself more and more on those around her; to grasp that the unpardonable sin is to vary from the common mould.

Peer pressure is just that: pressure.

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

All my life I've felt like there was something wrong with me. Something missing or damaged."
"Every teenager in the world feels like that, feels broken or out of place, different somehow, royalty mistakenly born into a family of peasants.

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