Blessed are the weird people

Blessed are the weird people – poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters and troubadours – for they teach us to see the world through different eyes.
- Jacob Nordby

Cloud-walker

Nefilibata
(n.) lit. “cloud-walker”; one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination or dreams, or one who does not obey the conventions of society, literature, or art.

Stay within the lines

No matter what they tell you, you don’t have to stay within the lines.

The only way to deal with an unfree world

The only way to deal with an unfree world
is to become so absolutely free
that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Running in the opposite direction

When the herd is all running toward a cliff,
the one running in the opposite direction seems crazy.

To fit into your world

I’m not here to fit into your world. I’m here to build my own.

Desire to be myself

My desire to be myself is greater than my need to fit in.

Be a princess and Darth Vader

Every girl should be able to be a princess and Darth Vader at the same time.

I can grow wherever I want.

No one is more qualified than you

Anarchism is the revolutionary idea
that no one is more qualified than you are
to decide what your life will be.

My body

What I do with my body does not concern you.

Not sitting down and shutting up

It’s about being alive and feisty and not sitting down and shutting up,
even if people would like you to.
- Pink

Rebel

Other people call me a rebel, but I just feel like I’m living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you’re a woman.
- Joan Jett