“The world is rather shot to pieces [end of World War II - 1945], but the spectators climb out of their caves and pretend to have again become normal and customary humans who ask each other's pardon instead of eating one another or sucking each other's blood. The entertaining folly of war evaporates, distinguished boredom sits down again on the dignified old overstuffed chairs.. .May I report about myself that I have had a truly grotesque time, brim-full with work, Nazi persecutions, bombs, hunger, and again and again work - in spite of everything [a. o. using his bed sheets as canvas for the new paintings].” WorldHumansMayWarEndsAsksPiecesBloodBedNormalEatingShotsHungerWar Of The WorldsBoredomFollyBombsReportsSpiteClimbsChairsWorld War IiEntertainingWorld War IAgain And AgainCanvasNaziSheetsPersecutionCavesSpectatorsDistinguishedPardonGrotesqueBed Sheets Author:Max Beckmann
“So when you go to sleep at night, if you're someone who hasn't had any sleep deprivation, you have a very normal sleep pattern, what we tend to see is that, in adults, they go to bed and they start off by going into the deeper stages sleep.” IfsNightSleepStageBedNormalAdultsPatternsDeeperGoing To SleepDeprivationSleep Deprivation Author:Shelby Harris
“This is it, in the best possible way. That thing I'm waiting for, that adventure, that movie-score-wor thy experience unfolding gracefully. This is it. Normal, daily life ticking by on our streets and sidewalks, in our houses and apartments, in our beds and at our dinner tables, in our dreams and prayers and fights and secrets - this pedestrian life is the most precious thing any of us will ever experience.” WayDreamLife IsFightingHouseWaitingPrayerSecretStreetsAdventureBedNormalTablesDinnerScoreDaily LifeApartmentOur DreamsUnfoldingSidewalkPrecious ThingsDinner TablePedestrians Author:Shauna Niequist
“Life excites me-just little, normal, everyday things. Getting out of bed. Getting dressed. Making food. I find it all exciting.” LittlesBedNormalExcitingEverydayGetting DressedEveryday Things Author:Liv Tyler
“Normal, in our house, is like a blanket too short for a bed--sometimes it covers you just fine, and other times it leaves you cold and shaking; and worst of all, you never know which of the two it's going to be.” KnowsTwoSometimesHouseWorstFineColdBedNormalToo ShortShakingBlanketMy Sister's KeeperSisters Keeper Book:My Sister's Keeper: A Novel Source: My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
“He wondered vaguely whether in the abolished past it had been a normal experience to lie in bed like this, in the cool of a summer evening, a man and a woman with no clothes on, making love when they chose, talking of what they chose, not feeling any compulsion to get up, simply lying there and listening to peaceful sounds outside. Surely there could never have been a time when that seemed ordinary?” MenHas BeensFeelingsPastLyingSoundTalkingListeningBedNormalSummerClothesOrdinaryGet UpPeacefulEveningMaking LoveCompulsionSummer Evening Book:Animal Farm and 1984 Source: Animal Farm and 1984
“I went to bed feeling melancholy, wishing I could have poured out all my fears and insecurities to my mom. Wasn’t that what normal mothers and daughters did?” FeelingsMotherWishMomBedNormalDaughterMy MomInsecurityMelancholyMother And Daughter Book:Bloodlines Source: Bloodlines