In 1970, she and her three children moved to Ireland. McCaffrey says that she is opinionated, asocial, extroverted, and impossible. She has learned to be proud of being different. It s lonely until you realize that you have inner resources that those of the herd mentality cannot enjoy. That s where the mind learns the freedom to think science-fictiony things, and where early lessons of tenacity, pure bullheadedness, can make a difference.
Most people prefer to be accepted.
I learned not to be.