Source: Stargirl
“why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out”
“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
Source: Ruled Britannia (2002), p. 394
Context: Someone bumped into Shakespeare: Will Kemp. The clown made a leg- a cramped leg, in the crush- at him. "Give you good den, gallowsbait," he said cheerfully. "Go to!" Shakespeare said. "Meseems we are well begun here." "Well begun, ay. And belike, soon we shall be well ended, too." Kemp jerked his head to one side, made his eyes bulge, and stuck out his tongue as if newly hanged. With a shudder, Shakespeare said, "If your wind of wit sit in that quarter, why stand you here and not with the Spaniards?" "Why?" Kemp kissed him on the cheek. "Think you're the only mother's son born a fool in England?"
“Don't ever forget the moment you began to doubt, transitioning from fitting in to standing out.”
"Say What's Real," So Far Gone (2009)
2000s
“Shucks, for me there is no other
You're the only shoe that fits
I can't imagine I'll grow out of it.”
Tongues and Tails (1992), Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
“Never shoot up in the air when you're standing under it.”
“But when you're standing at a crossroad, there's a choice you've got to make.”
From Starts With Goodbye from the album, Some Hearts (2005). [Misattributed: performer not credited as writer.]
