“Fifteen years ago I knew I had to settle into being a mom and give them a normal life, which I never had. I was always traveling. I had tours. I wanted my kids to settle down, and we kind of did it together.... It was a bumpy transition. There was no director telling me what to do. No script, but I really enjoyed it. I even became president of the PTA. Doing the laundry was a meditative experience. Now, when I start to get nervous and stressed, I go in and start to fold towels.” GivingYearsKindKidsWantedTogetherPresidentMomDirectorsNormalYears AgoDown AndScriptsNervousEnjoyedSettlingTransitionFifteenFoldsStressedBeing A MomNormal LifeLaundrySettling DownFifteen YearsTowelsPta Author:Pia Zadora
“After a year or two of keeping my head down and trying to pass myself off as a normal person, I made contact with the five other people at my university who were interested in writing; and through them, and some of my teachers, I discovered that there was a whole subterranean Wonderland of Canadian writing that was going on just out of general earshot and sight.” PeopleWritingTryingYearsPersonsMadeTwoWholeFiveTeacherNormalSightDown AndUniversityContactWonderland Author:Margaret Atwood
“I wish I had more time to sit down and be a little bit more normal.” LittlesWishBitsNormalLittle BitDown AndMore Time Author:Dan Fogelberg
“Sometimes I don't pick up the guitar for six months or so," "Other times I get away, go to a hotel or something, to write songs. Or go stay with a friend and bring the dog and do stuff away from my normal routine. Then I sit down and play guitar at night. I do it differently every time . There is no set way.” WayWritingSometimesPlayNightSongStuffDogMonthsNormalSixPicksDown AndGuitarHotelGet AwayRoutineSix Months Author:Holly Golightly
“What we experience in our childhoods that comes to seem normal, or even inevitable, is that if you are placed in a hierarchy, you probably are immediately anxious about going further down and you're striving to go further up, so your energies get placed into becoming "more than," or at least not becoming "less than," instead of becoming "part of."” IfsSeemsEnergyChildhoodBecomingNormalOur ChildrenDown AndStriveInevitableAnxiousHierarchyBecoming More Author:Gloria Steinem
“I needed to slow down and quiet down deeply into a lot of these questions, yet at the same time what I was looking for, and continue to, is a way to have this exist within a regular, normal, modern life.” WayModernNeededQuietNormalDown AndSlow DownModern Life Author:Dani Shapiro
“Not everyone who's homeless is a drug-addict or in need of mental health care. Some are normal people who've been knocked down, and it can happen to you, too. Not all of us made bad life choices.” PeopleNeedsMadeHappensCareChoicesDrugNormalDown AndMental HealthHealth CareHomelessAddictLife ChoicesDrug AddictKnocked DownBad Life Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“I waited for dawn, but only because I had forgotten how hard mornings were. For a second I'd be normal. Then came the dim awareness of something off, out of place. Then the truth came crashing down and that was it for the rest of the day. Sunlight was reproof. Shouldn't I feel better than I had in the dead of night.” FeelsHardNightLossMorningAwarenessNormalDown AndForgottenDawnSunlightFeel BetterReproofCrashing Down Author:Francine Prose