“The walk to the exit brought him into contact with several changelings. That wasn't unusual. What was unusual was the response his presence elicited. Smiles, waves, shouted hellos and even slaps on the back when he didn't move away fast enough.”

“He felt like normal. Filled with anxiety, dread, sure. But even that wasn't unusual...”

“And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusually attractive, or ambitious, or even charming. He was partly those things, but more important, he seemed to live life on his own terms.”

“This, I must say, is unusual courtesy", he commented."This", she corrected him,"is an unusual country.”

“I glowered back up at him. "Did you need something?"He didn't move. "Where are you going?""To plot your downfall," I snapped. I bent to retrieve my bag and then sneaked beneath his arm. It wasn't the most dignified exit, but it worked.”

“Social psychologist argued that even severe mental illness was the result of society labeling unusual behavior rather than of biochemical processes.”