Being Weird Is a Wonderful Thing: Inspiration for Living Your Truest Self
By (Author) Kathryn Petras
By (author) Ross Petras
Workman Publishing
Workman Adult
2nd February 2022
28th September 2021
United States
General
Non Fiction
158.1
Paperback
348
Width 102mm, Height 150mm, Spine 20mm
200g
Do you ever feel different That youre a little weird, a little wacky Or that you dont fit Well, Kathryn and Ross Petras are here to remind you that, as Lewis Carroll wrote, 'All the best people are.'
From the connoisseurs of quotes whose books, starting with Age Doesnt Matter Unless Youre a Cheese, comes a collection of thoughts that celebrate the virtues of being different and the power of inclusivity. Quoting from singers and poets, actors and activists, jazz musicians, fashion designers, inventors and philosophers, Being Weird is Wonderful serves to remind anyone that the only approval you need in life is yours and yours alone. That to live successfully is to own unapologetically and completely the thing that makes you, you:
'If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.' Billie Holiday
'[A]ll the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.'Shel Silverstein
'I am different. Not less.' Temple Grandin
'The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.'Jhumpa Lahiri
As the authors point out, there are 7.7 billion people on earth, and yet no one just like you. Isnt that the most wonderful thing
Kathryn and Ross Petras, sister-and-brother quotation connoisseurs, have published numerous collections of their finds, including Age Doesnt Matter Unless Youre a Cheese. Their calendar, The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said, has sold over 4.6 million copies worldwide. They live with their families in Seattle and Toronto.