Quote by John Barnes

“I wish there was some way to explain how very uninterested I was in a normal human life.”

— Stephenie Meyer

“Their laughter seemed to have turned into low whispering now. It never ceases to amaze me, the things they find interesting, amusing or unusual.…

— Gail Honeyman

“I thought it might be a great thing to be the air. I could be something and nothing all at the same time. I…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“I loved the idea that people could discover things. That you could be the person to see something first. Or see something that nobody…

— Morgan Matson

“I was surrounded by words and stories and dust-speckled light. That's a pretty perfect way to be.”

— Natalie Lloyd

“I knew he was all about atmosphere: the lighting, the artwork on the walls, the spacing of tables, music. He loved the full experience.”

— Susan Bernhardt

“It was dimly lit with very few other people—just about my pace of excitement.”

— Marti Olsen Laney

“What fun it had been, having an admirer even for that little while. No wonder people liked admirers. They seemed, in some strange way,…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

“It was the comfort of knowing that she was not quite so strange, that there were other people who found delight in private challenges…

— Daphne Kalotay

“I sensed a mutual indifference behind polite smiles and had the overwhelming impression that, more and more frequently, I was watching people who didn't…

— Krzysztof Kieślowski

“Once I dismissed the idea that I needed to be normal, the extraordinary bloomed.”

— Anne Zoelle

“They experienced the world, I supposed, as I experienced going to the movies: that flash of amazement petitioned, in part, from feeling small in…

— Durga Chew-Bose