When fully absorbed by self-analysis, the perennial outsider usually ends up regarding all emotional and intellectual commitment as folly.

And of course, there s Blue herself, the perennial outsider: I have blue eyes, freckles and stand approximately 5-foot-3 in socks, she writes modestly.

The perennial outsider, the poor boy, the hick fanner's son,'the nobody, clawing and scratching for every contact I make.'

This makes him a perennial outsider, as does his scrupulous honesty.

Tom Sawyer is a prototype for the cheerful series hero, Huck Finn the perennial outsider.

Some see the Republican Party, a perennial outsider in New York politics, as a good vehicle for newcomers.

Her son, Gogol, too, feels like a perennial outsider.

Is Mr. Newfield, a perennial outsider, himself becoming part of the permanent government?

This trend is reinforced by the fact that Muslim immigrants are often perennial outsiders in Europe.

She was the perennial outsider, the guest who got the pity invite, but never really belonged at the table.