Marguerite Duras Quotes

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

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

I do think ordinariness is, in a way, the enemy, but not ordinariness as the opposite of flamboyance.

Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting in all things.

We're as average as everyday's wash.

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.

I'm pretty normal, you know?

I always think the everyday is more relevant than anything too grand because we all have to deal with it.

Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.

I have three sisters, all of whom lead very normal lives.

What makes me unique is that I'm normal.

I'm really a normal person.

I'm really just a normal person.

I'm like every waitress in every diner; I'm like every mom driving her kids to school. I'm nothing special at all.

My life is extraordinary because it's so normal, but it's so 'extra' for some reason.

I think I'm pretty average. Typical.

I just think I'm the average all-American girl.

I am as average as they get - there is nothing special about me. I'm just getting by.

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

You'll turn out ordinary if you're not careful.

Normal is absolutely my least favorite word.

Mediocrity is gonna kill the world before Armageddon ever does.

Without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless

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.