“Looking back, Granny must've wanted an ordinary life for Mom, too. But Mom didn't have it. Dr Shim was right--being ordinary was the trickiest path. Everyone thinks "ordinary" is easy and all, but how many of them would actually fit into the so-called smooth road the word implied? It sure was a lot harder for me, someone who was not born ordinary. That didn't mean I was extraordinary. I was just a strange boy wandering around somewhere in between. So I decided to give it a try. To become ordinary.” LifeOrdinaryExpectationsExtraordinary Book:Almond. Come una mandorla Source: Almond. Come una mandorla
“Even though my brain was a mess, what kept my soul whole was the warmth of the hands holding mine on both sides” LoveSoulAffectionWarmthHolding Hands Book:Almond Source: Almond
“You eventually just move on with your life. I'm sure others would go back to their normal lives too, eating and sleeping and all, although it may take them longer than me. Humans are designed to move on and keep on living after all.” LifeHumansLossMoving On Book:Almond Source: Almond
“I've decided to confront it. Confront whatever life throws at me, as I always have. However much I can feel, nothing more, nothing less.” FeelingsLife LessonsLiving LifeWords To Live By Book:Almond Source: Almond
“Everyone thinks "ordinary" is easy and all, but how many of them would actually fit into the so-called smooth road the word implied? It sure was a lot harder for me, someone who was not born ordinary. That didn't mean I was extraordinary. I was just a strange boy wandering around somewhere in between. So I decided to give it a try. To become ordinary.” Life LessonsOrdinaryExtraordinary Book:Almond Source: Almond
“You're basically a blank canvas. Better to fill it up with good things rather than bad things.” LifeLife Lessons Book:Almond Source: Almond
“a bookstore is a place densely populated with tens of thousands of authors, dead or living, residing side by side. But books are quiet. They remain dead silent until somebody flips open a page. Only then so they spill out their stories, calmly and thoroughly, just enough at a time for me to handle.” StoriesReadingBooksBooks About BooksBookstore Book:Almond Source: Almond
“I drifted off to sleep only at daybreak when the sky turned sapphire.” SleepColorsDaytime Book:Almond Source: Almond