Abnormal Quotes

145 quotes by 133 authors

...if you are not like everybody else, then you are abnormal, if you are abnormal , then you are sick. These three categories, not being… — Michel Foucault
Physical experiences, lacking the joys of love, depend on twists and perversions of pleasure. Abnormal pleasures kill the taste for normal ones. — Anais Nin
Our lives are part of a unique adventure... Nevertheless, most of us think the world is 'normal' and are constantly hunting for something abnormal--like angels… — Jostein Gaarder
She always says she dislikes the abnormal, it is so obvious. She says the normal is so much more simply complicated and interesting. — Gertrude Stein
Relate comic things in pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic of beauty. Two fundamental… — Charles Baudelaire
An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior. — Viktor E. Frankl
Evil always wins through the strength of its splendid dupes; and there has in all ages been a disastrous alliance between abnormal innocence and abnormal… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity - a virtuous woman. — Mary MacLane
Was I insane? Maybe. But then, there were many different kinds of insanity. Aunt Rose had always taken for granted that the whole world was… — Anne Fortier
A bit of theory as we settle down for lunch: the waiter's treatment of Kitty is actually a kind of sandwich, with the bottom bread… — Jennifer Egan
I'm inclined to reserve all judgement, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and made me the victim of not a… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Is anyone human actually normal? I'm beginning to think being normal is actually abnormal. — Simone Elkeles
Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression may not even be an illness… — Irving Kirsch
My idea of an interesting person is someone who is quite proud of their seemingly abnormal life and turns their disadvantage into a career. — John Waters
The world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is… — Madeleine L'Engle
Peabody, you never cease to amaze me." "One day I'll tell you about my granny and her five lovers." "Five lovers isn't abnormal for a… — Nora Roberts
Oh! This'll impress you - I'm actually in the Abnormal Psychology textbook. Obviously my family is so proud. Keep in mind though, I'm a PEZ… — Carrie Fisher
The world is a very abnormal place. — Salman Rushdie
I go out into America, and I am literally navigating a minefield. Godliness has become abnormal. — Si Robertson
Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have broken down under… — George Packer

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