It is okay to be an outsider, ...

It is okay to be an outsider, a recent arrival, new on the scene - and not just okay, but something to be thankful for. ... Because being an insider can so easily mean collapsing the horizons, can so easily mean accepting the presumptions of your province.
 Tan Le

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I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.
 Tan Le