People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.

Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.

Take comfort in the knowledge that you are different, even from the different ones.

She had met people who had tried to fit in. She had met people who tried to stand out. But until then she had never met anyone who simply tried to be themselves without expecting anything from those around
them. It was a refreshing experience.

In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.