nothing special Quotes

That, however, is - mediocrity, though it be called moderation.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was.

The only glory most of us have to hope for is the glory of being normal.

Normal is absolutely my least favorite word.

I got a standard box. I don't never want nothing special. Then if I drop my box, I can borrow somebody else's.

There were few things worse than being ordinary, in Evie’s opinion. Ordinary was for suckers.

I wouldn't say I'm normal. But I'm relatively stable. When I think of normal, I think of mediocrity, and mediocrity scares the f--- out of me.

Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word.

Banality is sometimes striking.