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“Waiting is a large part of living. Great, passive, negative chunks of our time are consumed by waiting, from birth to death. Waiting is a special kind of activity - if activity is the right word for it - because we are held in enforced suspension between people and places, removed from the normal rhythms of our days and lives.”

People Ifs Kind Waiting Special Birth Activity Normal Negative Rhythm Our Time Passive Consumed Chunks Right Words Suspension

Book:ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?

Source: ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?

“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

“So I went to a club the other day, which is timely because my self esteem had been hovering right around 'normal' and I had been meaning to knock it down to negative 1000.”

Self Humor Funny Self Esteem Normal Negative Clubs Esteem Timely Hovering

Author:Mike Birbiglia

“Despite my critical take on the city, I love Delhi, on the whole - love its monuments, love how easily graspable the city's turbulent history is. The negative things I write about are considered normal here.”

Writing Whole Cities Normal Negative Critical Despite Monument Delhi

Author:Karan Mahajan

“Often autism is portrayed in the media as a very negative condition, as something that prevents somebody from communicating or from socializing or from being able to have any kind of normal, happy life.”

Kind Able Conditions Media Normal Negative Communicate Happy Life Autism Socializing

Author:Daniel Tammet

“An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.”

Feelings Emotion Normal Negative Occasional Negative Emotions

Book:Rise of the Evening Star

Source: Rise of the Evening Star