Emily Benoit

“If my story means anything, it is that people are very often too quick to judge a person by the way they look or by their quirks of behavior. I may not have quite the same sense of humour as other people, but at least I do have a sense of humour, and I've needed it! As a society, we seem to have very tight restrictions on what is considered "normal.”
― Susan Boyle, The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story

“A scar is a sign of strength. . .the sign of a survivor.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains

“I know that the whole point—the only point—is to
find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to
let them go.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“There are enough people in the world who are going to write you off. You don't need to do that to yourself.”
― Susan Boyle, The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story