"She was an exotic flower amongst the snowdrifts, out of place, a Technicolor misfit in a monochrome Christmas movie."

Identity, Uniqueness, Beauty, Alienation, Isolation

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"She was an exotic flower amongst the snowdrifts, out of place, a Technicolor misfit in a monochrome Christmas movie."

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"What's in a name? The accumulation of reputations from all who've owned it before you."

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"Do not allow yourself to be pulled into the role of embracing victimship as some sort of badge of honor to wear or flash around at any opportunity."

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"You couldn't escape the pointy hat, though. There was nothing magical about a pointy hat except that it said that the woman underneath it was a witch. People paid attention to a pointy hat."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"Forms come and go. You, the quantum non-entity behind your human identity, comes nor goes."

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"Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them."

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"When I lay down on my deathbed, I want to know that I have done all I could to be a first rate human, not a third rate pawn of the gods."

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"Hades does not have a runny nose. I know this. The entire Greek pantheon no doubt knows this. For some reason, my nose is unaware of this basic fact of mythology."

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"[H]er retaliation only made the sin the greater because she could not find words to confess."

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"They were once fairies and elves. Now they are creatures from beyond the stars because you no longer believe in anything but humans."

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