"Trying to act normal is the most unnatural behavior of all."

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Source : Sharyn McCrumb (2010). “Lovely in Her Bones”, p.39, Ballantine Books

Sharyn McCrumb

#Trying Quotes #Normal Quotes #Behavior Quotes

“There are a lot of actors who will watch the monitors. They'll do a scene, and then the director will look back to see if he got whatever he wanted. I just find it odd to sit there and watch yourself. But if you can be objective, I can see how it's really useful as a tool, especially if you're doing something physical.”
“If you care about the 2012 election and value the voices of regular Americans who lost hope in their hope and change candidate, this is one documentary you won't want to miss.”
“I get to tell my truth. I get to seek meaning and realization. I get to live fully, wildly, imperfectly. That's why I'm alive. And all I actually have to offer as a writer is my version of life. Every single thing that has happened to me is mine.”
“An education, other than purely professional or technical, can even seem to be an impediment.”
“After you married, Crispin, she said, my heart was broken. I will not deny it. But I did not slip into a sort of suspended life that would be forever gray and meaningless if you did not somehow come back to me. I put back the pieces of my heart and kept on living. I am not the woman I was when I was in love with you and expecting to marry you. I am not the woman I was when I heard that you were married. I am the woman I have become in the five years since then, and she is a totally different person. I like her. I wish to continue living her life.”
“To possess is past the instant; we achieve the joy, immortality contented, were anomaly.”
“I have a talent for happiness. I look with the eyes of a painter, and I see beauty.”
“Men think that it is impossible for a human being to love his enemies, for enemies are hardly able to endure the sight of one another. Well, then, shut your eyes--and your enemy looks just like your neighbor.”

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