“Every year it seems to me I hear complaints about spring. It is either "late" or "unusually cold," "abnormally dry" or "fantastically wet," for no one is ever willing to admit that there is no such thing as a normal spring.” YearsSeemsWillingColdNormalLateSpringDryWetComplaints Book:The Gardening Year Source: The Gardening Year
“We're [writers] all afraid of writing badly, and there are psychological reasons, like the bad interior of ourselves is somehow being revealed, but we all fear that, and you can't write well if you're not willing to write badly. That's why you have to make writing a habit, so it feels normal and not strange.” IfsFeelsWritingWellsReasonStrangeWillingHabitNormalPsychologicalInteriors Author:Jennifer Egan
“There's a million more pros than cons, for sure. Obviously, the privacy thing is a little different. It's not normal to wake up and have 12 paparazzi cars waiting outside to follow you to Starbucks in the morning. But, there's a lot more pros, and I'm willing to put up with those cons, for sure.” LittlesDifferentWaitingMorningMillionsCarWillingNormalWake UpPrivacyPaparazziStarbucks Author:Taylor Lautner
“In the normal play of our mind there are all sorts of perversions; hence the need to stop all these things and inculcate right thinking, right willing - in other words, Truth must be established.” ThinkingNeedsMindPlayWillingNormalPerversionThinking Right Author:Sri Aurobindo