Normally Quotes

614 Normally quotes by 527 unique authors

For if leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty would become literate… — George Orwell
Normally I hate people who whine all the time, but in your case, it would be okay to complain. Be selfish, say what you want… — Natsuki Takaya
Normally seven minutes of another person's company was enough to give her a headache so she set things up to live as a recluse. She… — Steig Larsson
It’s the way he had a cup of tea waiting for me when I woke up. It’s the way he turned on his laptop especially… — Sophie Kinsella
Do you normally turn up in gentlemen's bedrooms in the middle of the night? If I'd known that, I would have campaigned harder to make… — Cassandra Clare
On a whim, he stopped and bought a watch from a sidewalk vendor. Normally, Billy could not abide keeping time, especially when it was attached… — Jim Carroll
I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so. — Victor Borge
Hello, hello.” Magnus swept toward them..."Alec, my darling, Clary. And rat-boy." He swept a bow toward Simon, who looked annoyed. "To what do I owe… — Cassandra Clare
Normally, Edward would have found intrusive, clingy behavior of this sort very annoying, but there was something about Sarah Ruth. He wanted to take care… — Kate DiCamillo
Well, normally I’m against big things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. Too many things can go… — Pete Seeger
A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level. — Jay-Z
Elodin looked at me. "What a remarkably honest threat," he said. "Normally they're much more growlish and gristly than that." "Gristly?" I asked, emphasizing the… — Patrick Rothfuss
But we comforted ourselves with what we really meant to say, which was: "I don't normally feel this good about what I'm doing." Measure the… — David Levithan
Listen," I began, "this is an established,traditional form that-" "Traditional nothing.Where are your clothes?" "Clothes?" I said weakly. "I don't normally bother with them in… — Jonathan Stroud
You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play."… — Eloisa James
Dennis looked at the puppy in the window. We both did. It was the oddest thing. Normally, puppies in pet store windows sleep or pee… — Augusten Burroughs
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
They wanted genuine intimacy, but they could not get even normally near to anyone, because they scorned to take the first steps, they scorned the… — D. H. Lawrence
There was a pause, static, a muttered "Give me that," by an indignant female. Then the normally quiet reserved Ashlyn was demanding, "Did you just… — Gena Showalter
And sure enough,the youth in question was not his usual dapper self. His face was puffy, his eyes red and wild; his shirt(distressingly unbuttoned)hung over… — Jonathan Stroud
Horace normally didn't need anyone else to save his life. He was pretty skilled at doing it for himself. — John Flanagan
I would never normally approach a woman in this way, but I couldn't help but notice that you have the eyes of a lady I… — Patrick Rothfuss
...I normally can't stand vice-free people. They conflate a narcissistic instinct for self-preservation with moral superiority. Plus they suck the life right out of a… — Dennis Lehane
I don't see why its taking so long," Maryse was saying to Magnus "is that normal?" "What's not normal is the discount I'm giving you."Magnus… — Cassandra Clare
I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given… — John Fowles

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