"There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created."

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Source : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.293, A&C Black

Samantha Shannon

#Lying Quotes #Normal Quotes #Natural Quotes

“You know, I can be the happiest man in the world with minimal record success.”
“That's the past for you. Not only does it come back at the most unexpected, and inconvenient, times but it's set in stone.”
“(A)ny time you buy weapons, or build an army, you begin to look for an excuse to use them. Plus, you pose more of a threat to others.”
“True listening is another way of bringing stillness into the relationship. When you truly listen to someone, the dimension of stillness arises and becomes an essential part of the relationship.”
“I wouldn't mind starting to ride some more if I had a really good horse to just work a little bit with every day.”
“A cat may look at a king.”
“The unconscious is our best collaborator.”
“Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences, your own bright ideas, and guide souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them. You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.”

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