Jodi Picoult Quotes

It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.

I'm one of them. The weirdos and the freaks. My point was that it's ok to be different, and from now on we'd better be, if we're going to make something of ourselves. It's the one thing I learned in school. Different is ok. -Victoria

The only concept or experience or core belief that I can attribute my other-ness to is that I just started out a weirdo and I stayed a weirdo. And it took me a long time to embrace my outsidership and see it as a strength rather than a weakness.

I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are.

People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

If you're different, or if you think something about you is just weird and out of the ordinary, I just think that's so dope.

I want to show people they don't have to be scared of being different.

Just because you're not like other people doesn't mean that you're bad. It means that you're different, and that's great.

I'm okay with being the oddball.

Not everybody needs to be a weirdo.

You have to be a freak in order to be different.

Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adult… Many people are often wrong… Don’t bother being nice. Being popular and well liked is not in your best interest. Let me be more clear; if you behave in a manner pleasing to most, then you are probably doing something wrong. The masses have never been arbiters of the sublime, and they often fail to recognize the truly great individual. Taking into account the public’s regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in.

I am different. Let this not upset you

Maybe you're not meant to fit in. maybe you're supposed to stand out.

Being different is good; embrace it.

Being different is awesome! All of those who are different are more interesting than those who are clamoring for acceptance because they follow the path.

You're different. And I'm different too. Different is good. But different is hard. Believe me, I know.

When I was little, like Maleficent, I was told that I was different - and I felt out of place, and too loud, too full of fire, never good at sitting still, never good at fitting in. And then one day I realized something, something I hope you all realize. Different is good.

Why try to fit in when you a stand out?

Different isn't evil, it's just different.

If you feel like a weirdo, it's okay because weirdos rule the world.

If someone asks me what inspires me, I always say, "That which is missing," because I don't want to copy everything that's already happening. I feel like when you copy, you blend in, and when you blend in, you get lost.

I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage please pass the same message along.

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.