Quotes from Something like Normal

“Maybe it’s time to find a new normal.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Here's the thing: the strings are already attached.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“I don't know if my life will ever be completely normal again, but something like normal is a good start.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“When it's your business, I'll let you know.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“...chicks are naturally attracted to the scent of badass”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Maybe someday we'll see each other again, Charlie. For real I mean. Until then, save me a seat, okay?
-Solo”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“And, Jesus, she's a good kisser. So good I want to beat the hell out of whoever taught her.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Yeah, well, I don't really want to kick you when you're down, but mostly for some crazy reason"- her face tilts up and she gives me this shy little grin-"I think you might be worth it.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“You should probably stay away from me," I say, resting my head on my knees. "I'm a mess.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Does this public display of affection with my daughter on my front porch mean I'm stuck with you now?" he asks, opening the screen door for Harper.
I'm not sure if I should laugh, so I hold back. "I'm afraid so.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“She beams at me and it’s almost enough to make up for the fact that I’m harder than trigonometry right now. Almost.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Her green eyes meet mine in the Guinness mirror behind the bar and it feels like all the air has been sucked out of the room. I’ve never slept with this girl, but she was the first I remember wanting.

Harper Gray.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“That pretty much sums up our relationship: I have it. He wants it. He gets it. He ruins it.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Welcome home. Now leave me alone.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“I thought I was having a fucking stroke," I say as they free me from my coated elastic prison, making them laugh even harder.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Something I'm not ready to name works itself under the grip of Charlies death and loosens it, and keeps the nightmare at bay when I fall back asleep.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Hey back,' I say, my voice low beside her ear. She shivers. I love that.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

About the author

Popular quotes

“They keep telling you, when you’re older, you’ll have experience—and that’s supposed to be so great. What would you say about that, sir? Is it really any use, would you say?"

"What kind of experience?”

“Well—places you’ve been to, people you’ve met. Situations you’ve been through already, so you know how to handle them when they come up again. All that stuff that’s supposed to make you wise, in your later years.”

“Let me tell you something, Kenny. For other people, I can’t speak—but, personally, I haven’t gotten wise on anything. Certainly, I’ve been through this and that; and when it happens again, I say to myself, Here it is again. But that doesn’t seem to help me. In my opinion, I, personally, have gotten steadily sillier and sillier and sillier—and that’s a fact.”

“No kidding, sir? You can’t mean that! You mean, sillier than when you were young?”

“Much, much sillier.”

“I’ll be darned. Then experience is no use at all? You’re saying it might just as well not have happened?”

“No. I’m not saying that. I only mean, you can’t use it. But if you don’t try to—if you just realize it’s there and you’ve got it—then it can be kind of marvelous.”
― Christopher Isherwood, quote from A Single Man

“I can't help but think of the years and years of awful I’ve had. My years of horror and sadness just seem to never fully rest. This life of mine has been an absolute agony.”
― Sarah Ann Walker, quote from I Am Her...

“Wars have a way reinventing people. And making too many things disappear.

-Sonia”
― Neal Shusterman, quote from UnSouled

“You want to keep your little brother alive? Make sure you don't kill yourself while you're trying to save him.”
― Tahereh Mafi, quote from Fracture Me

“Don’t expect investors to be throwing millions on the table for you to go off and buy a bigger house, get a new car, party half the week away, and generally upgrade your lifestyle.”
― Alejandro Cremades, quote from The Art of Startup Fundraising

Interesting books

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.