“I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.”
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“I didn't really see why people should look at me. Plenty of people looked queerer than I did.”
— Sylvia Plath, book The Bell Jar
Source: The Bell Jar
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Source: On Being Blonde (2007), p. 54