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“The people who present themselves as normal and nice and good are often the scariest monsters in the world.”

People World Nice Normal Monsters

Author:Catherine O'Hara

“Sometimes I will portray the more normal-looking people as the monsters and then the more distorted - "uniquely formed" is the word I like to use, rather than monstrous - as the sympathetic characters in the painting. It's interesting because some people will get it right away, but a common reaction is to be a little off-put by it. And that is the whole idea. If it grabs somebody in a negative way, that's my intention.”

People Ifs Way Littles Ideas Sometimes Whole Character Use Interesting Common Painting Normal Negative Intention Monsters Reactions Sympathetic Monstrous

Author:Chris Mars

“The women are always vixens or monsters. They can't just be normal people in the book.”

People Book Normal Monsters Vixens

Author:Margaret Drabble

“To a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself.”

Seems Normal Monsters Norm Monstrous East Of Eden

Book:East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

“Society's only real 'progressives' are the deviants and mutants. Look at evolution - fish who didn't deviate never became amphibians; frogs who didn't mutate never became reptiles; conformist snakes never became mammals , etc. Normal Humans will remain humans, and they'll be subjugated by the digital monsters of the next few millenia.”

Humans Looks Real Next Evolution Normal Fishes Monsters Etc Digital Snakes Frogs Mammals Conformist Deviate Reptiles Mutants Deviants Amphibians

Author:Jim Goad

“Thinking that your story is so interesting that other people will want to listen to it or read it or pay to hear it, that's - what kind of person thinks that? A monster of self-regard. It's not normal thinking.”

People Thinking Want Kind Persons Self Stories Interesting Pay Normal Regard Monsters

Author:Anthony Bourdain

“War is like a monster," he says, almost to himself. "War is the devil. It starts and it consumes and it grows and grows and grows." He's looking at me now. "And otherwise normal men become monsters, too.”

Men War Grows Normal Devil Monsters

Book:The Knife of Never Letting Go

Source: The Knife of Never Letting Go

“New lesson, class. Most monsters will vaporize when sliced with a celestial bronze sword. This change is perfectly normal, and will happen to you right now if you don't BACK OFF!" - Percy”

Ifs Happens Class Lessons Right Now Normal Monsters Celestial Percy Jackson And The Olympians Bronze Perfectly Normal

Book:Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth

“Like any normal fifth grader, I preferred my villains to be evil and stay that way, to act like Dracula rather than Frankenstein's monster, who ruined everything by handing that peasant girl a flower. He sort of made up for it by drowning her a few minutes later, but, still, you couldn't look at him the same way again.”

Way Looks Made Stills Girl Evil Minutes Flower Normal Monsters Villain Ruined Fifth Drowning Peasants Frankenstein's Monster Fifth Graders

Author:David Sedaris

“I could have just said I'm good at my job, but I didn't. Didn't want the police thinking I was holding out information when I wasn't. "I've got one advantage over a normal homicide detective, I expect it to be a monster. No one ever calls me in if it's just a stabbing, or a hit-and-run. I don't spend a lot of time trying to come up with nice, normal explanations. It means I get to ignore a lot of theories.”

Ifs Thinking Want Trying Mean Said Running Jobs Nice Information Theory Normal Advantage Police Come Up Monsters Explanation Call Me Detectives Homicide Stabbing

Book:Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5

Source: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5