Ostracization Quotes

“He was left a good deal to himself. He had been inclined to talkativeness, but gradually he became silent. He began to think of the difference between himself and others.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

“All the people living here, including the feral children, were right now unverifiables. One person here had been unverified for saying out loud that a war was a war when it wasn’t permitted to call it a war. Another had found herself declared unverifiable for writing online that the killing of many people by another people was a genocide. Another had been unverified for defaming the oil conglomerates by saying they were directly responsible for climate catastrophe. Another had been unverified for speaking at a protest about people’s right to protest.”
― Ali Smith, Gliff

“[W]hat made them contrary was their apathy towards other people's opinions about them. Well, outward appearances were one thing. Inside, with only each other to confide in, they felt the cold shoulder of rejection the same as anyone.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Raven Spell