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“Our friendship gave us the sense of normalcy we’d been craving. It showed us that we could exist, that we could have friends, without the appearance of our faces impacting how we were treated. That not everyone would treat us poorly because of the way we looked. More than that, it taught us that we did not have to be defined by our faces. That we could separate ourselves from all we had been through. Their friendship also showed me the kind of life I wanted to have and the kind of person I wanted to be. When I was unsure of myself or nervous about meeting new people, I channeled who I was with them. I did not owe anyone an explanation for my face.”
― Ariel Henley, A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

“You named me K.I.S.!”
― Shannon Messenger, Unraveled Book 9.5

“Next to the name: KEEFE IRWIN FOSTER.”
― Shannon Messenger, Unraveled Book 9.5

“I could not be corseted, either literally or figuratively, into any conventional feminine mould.”
― Nancy Springer, The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan