Having always imagined myself in a fairly slim minority, I suddenly saw that I was in a vast company. Difference unites us. While each of these experiences can isolate those who are affected, together they compose an aggregate of millions whose struggles connect them profoundly. The exceptional is ubiquitous; to be entirely typical is the rare and lonely state. β¨ Andrew Solomon (2012). Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity, p.4, Simon and Schuster
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