#abnormal

It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#about #brought #circumstances #conditions #criteria

I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words for me is very personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words. ↗

— Tim Burton

#always #been #confused #had #i

All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name. ↗

— Ugo Betti

#any #each #every #fact #giving

Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#because #cannot #children #choices #guardians

In an out-of-body experience, your astral projection comes down to gloat. In insanity, your mind goes to a nudist colony. In philanthropy, your soul ascends to purgatory. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #insanity #philanthropy #experience

It's sad that the most glorious of sexual experiences can make us feel guilty, ashamed, embarrassed, and abnormal. ↗

— Sue Johanson

#ashamed #embarrassed #experiences #feel #glorious

ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standards in matters of thought and conduct. To be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. A striving toward the straiter [sic] resemblance of the Average Man than he hath to himself, whoso attaineth thereto shall have peace, the prospect of death and the hope of Hell. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#bierce #detested #independant #thought #death

I had choosen the path of the black sheep rather than that of the unicorns and puppies. ↗

— Magenta Periwinkle

#cutting-class #goth #popular-kids #punk #teen

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts. ↗

— Henry Adams

#energy #facts #most #power #serious

I believe, however, that such abnormal moments can be found in everyone, and it is all the more fortunate when they occur in individuals with creative talent or with clairvoyant powers. ↗

— Giorgio de Chirico

#believe #creative #everyone #fortunate #found