Quote interpreted
"If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference."
--Teena Booth
This can also be interpreted this way:
"If there is one thing worse than being [insert underprivileged classification, e.g. person of color, poor, non-Christian, female, LBGTQetc, and so forth] in a house [or classroom/city/workplace/etc] of [insert overprivileged classification, e.g. white, rich, Christian, cisgender male, straight, and so forth], it's having the [overprivileged] pretend there's no difference."
--Teena Booth
This can also be interpreted this way:
"If there is one thing worse than being [insert underprivileged classification, e.g. person of color, poor, non-Christian, female, LBGTQetc, and so forth] in a house [or classroom/city/workplace/etc] of [insert overprivileged classification, e.g. white, rich, Christian, cisgender male, straight, and so forth], it's having the [overprivileged] pretend there's no difference."