Following up from that last mini scene/dialogue I posted, that is actually an example of the saying "birds of a feather flock together" being used in its incomplete form.
The true saying, goes: "Birds of a feather flock together, until the cat comes."
Recently I learned that this saying that is usually used to describe how people are drawn to those similar to them, is actually a warning about fairweather friends.
There was something very healing about this, because being abandoned by people I thought wouldn't because it seemed they were like me, in recent have hurt me more than being maliciously treated by people who just have a problem with me because I am different from them.
Also, the same person told me that "blood is thicker than water" is a bastardization of the original saying that actually has the opposite meaning.
The true saying:
"The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."
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