“It's not even a question of whether the universe is meaningful or meaningless. It's in what way could it be meaningful, or in what way, if it was meaningful, could that be even more meaningless than normal meaninglessness?” IfsWayUniverseNormalMeaningfulMeaninglessMeaninglessness Author:Scarlett Thomas
“Conversion is in its essence a normal adolescent phenomenon, incidental to the passage from the child's small universe to the wider intellectual and spiritual life of maturity.” ChildrenSpiritualUniverseNormalIntellectualEssenceConversionMaturityPhenomenonPassagesSpiritual Life Book:The William James Reader Source: The William James Reader
“I live the most boring life, away from what you see me on camera doing. The other 300 days out of the year [not touring], I'm just the most normal person in the universe. I'm a wife. I'm a mother to my doggies. I'm a maid, and I clean the house. I'm pretty boring.” YearsPersonsMotherUniverseHouseWifeNormalCamerasCleanBoringTouringMaidsBoring Life Author:Carrie Underwood
“To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories: (1) things that need to be fixed, and (2) things that will need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Normal people don't understand this concept; they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.” PeopleIfsNeedsBelieveTwoMatterEnoughPlayProblemUniverseMinutesNormalConceptsAvailableBrokeFeaturesFixedCategoriesEngineersNo Problem Author:Scott Adams
“I prefer working out of strict continuity, because no normal human being can have a firm grip on the constantly shifting bardo-like territory of a comics universe, where entire histories can be erased by a strong enough super-sneeze.” HumansEnoughUniverseStrongHuman BeingsNormalWork OutFirmTerritoryStrictShiftingStrong EnoughContinuity Author:Grant Morrison