"Each family functions in their own way, by rules reinvented daily. The strangeness of each of us is somehow accommodated so that there can be such a thing as family and we can all live for some time at least in the same house. Normal is what you know."

-- Niall Williams

#House Quotes #Way Quotes #Normal Quotes

“Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself?”

Source : Ally Condie (2011). “Matched”, p.122, Penguin
“To be honest, I want readers to be wrung out. As a novelist, I don't have a political agenda or specific philosophy; I'm trying to create a gut-wrenching, intimate, memorable experience.”

Source : Source: bookmagnet.wordpress.com
“Standards of education are not set by government, but by God, the Bible, the home and the school.”

Source : "Can Stockwell Day separate church from state?" by Gordon Laird, www.theglobeandmail.com. July 17, 2000.
“This time of year, I live and breathe the beach. My cheeks feel raw with the wind throwing sand against them. My thighs sting from the friction of the saddle. My arms ache from holding up two thousand pounds of horse. I have forgotten what it is like to be warm and what a full nightâ€™s sleep feels like and what my name sounds like spoken instead of shouted across yards of sand. I am so, so alive.”
“Let things taste the way they are.”
“It is life, more than death, that has no limits.”
“You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life, and suddenly there isn't much time left.”
“It is funny, I don't feel old enough to give advice... But with the advisers you trust, you better listen to them. It may be bad news but that's the only way you're going to improve.”

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