“Unique is what one person does alone. What is not unique is what others have to collaborate on.”

“Everyone should know what it is like to be called by name. By the name of the unique person one is atheart.”

“At last I understood that the way over, or through this dilemma, the unease at writing about 'petty personal problems' was to recognize that nothing is personal, in the sense that it is uniquely one's own. Writing about oneself, one is writing about others, since your problems, pains, pleasures, emotions—and your extraordinary and remarkable ideas—can't be yours alone. [...] Growing up is after all only the understanding that one's unique and incredible experience is what everyone shares.”

“…every mind is shaped by its own experiences and memories and knowledge, and what makes it unique is the grand total and extremely personal nature of the collection of all the data that have made it what it is. Each person possesses a mind with powers that are, whether great or small, always unique, powers that belong to them alone. This renders them capable of carrying out a feat, whether grandiose or banal, that only they could have carried out.”

“Our uniqueness is what makes us common. It is the same fact that we are unique that we as individuals have in common.”

“The personality is defined by its inconsistencies, not its consistencies. It's what makes us unique and who we are.”