Quote by Jennifer L. Armentrout

“Most of the time I pretended that everything was okay with me and all things were normal.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“We’re only pretending everything is normal because we don’t know what else to do.”

— Naomi Alderman

“I was never normal, but I liked to pretend that I was. It usually took a few months before everyone else caught on.”

— Mara Purnhagen

“It seemed enough for her to just deal with whatever it was that came her way, calmly and without fuss.”

— Han Kang

“I knew how to pretend everything was okay by now, and do it well. After all, I’d had a lot of practice.”

— Isabella Starling

“Well, it's nice to get something right for a change. You don't know how irritating it is - missing things the way I have…

— Stephenie Meyer

“She made me act normal. Because I was. Because I could. She told me to breathe and sit up. And”

— E. Lockhart

“There is no normal. There's only what's right for you and being honest.”

— Jael McHenry

“No one is normal. Everyone is just pretending to be normal.”

— Alessandra Torre

“He flipped over and positioned himself atop her, his head congested with rude thoughts.”

— R.J. Lawrence

“She was good at that, repressing her feelings, disguising them as something else. Sometimes she thought it was the only thing she was good…

— Nicole Ciacchella

“It all adds up to normality.”

— Greg Egan