“Never shield your oddness, but wear your oddness as a shield.”

“The Ad♥rkable Manifesto 1. We have nothing to declare but our dorkiness.2. Jumble sales are our shopping malls.3. Better to make cookies than be a cookie-cutter.4. Suffering doesn’t necessarily improve you but it does give you something to blog about.5. Experiment with Photoshop, hair dye, nail polish and cupcake flavours but never drugs.6. Don’t follow leaders, be one.7. Necessity is the mother of customisation.8. Puppies make everything better.9. Quiet girls rarely make history.10. Never shield your oddness, but wear your oddness like a shield.”

“Come back with your shield, or on it.”

“We are the Borg lower your shields and surrender your weapons!”

“Return with your shield, or upon it.’ (Julian's stepmother)”

“Those masks we wear not to shield others; but ourselves from who we are.”