... clock began to play the WestminsterQuarters. The tune was followed by a single basso profundo tone. "Expect the first ghost when the bell tolls one," Susan muttered to herself and - turning away from the normality of the scene - she went back inside to confront the ghost. * "Why were you crying?" The ghost looked up, startled. Perhaps she hadn't expected Susan to return. "I'm a ghost. Isn't...
... "I believe that Gerry Adams is been a man who has changed. This country of ours is not where it was, and I know there are people who would like to drag us back there and keep us locked in the past. "That doesn't mean we forget about the pain and the hurt. "Somehow, within us all, we need to find whatever it takes to help us to move that little bit forward towards peace and towards normality."
N) Jump in a certain way -> severe cranial unpleasantness. Jump in a certain different way -> normality. Guesses as to what exactly is going on are vague enough that they're not included here.
...them saw the Angel of Sunday reduce the sword they worked on to ash and light, neither saw him go back to where he'd begun. ~xX0Xx~ Waller's voice provided a comforting backdrop of normality, murmuringaway, complaining about the town, the people, the weather, his joints—normal. What Dean desperately needed right now. His total exhaustion, the couple of shots he'd inhaled in the saloon—the bar...
... - and he is doing the same thing when he agrees to meet Naruto's friends, only that when he actually meets them, he is not able to keep up the façade. Maybe it would be better to accept that Normality is out of reach - but happiness, at least temporary happiness, is not. For example, Sasuke seems to be a model student - again keeping up a façade, as it is not sure whether he will ever be able to...
Title: Excuses Author: psyco_chick32 Rating: G Genre: Genfic Word Count: 250 exactly Summary: Normality differs from person to person… Tssshhh. Tssssh. Tsssshhhh. The straw scraped across the concrete, echoing around the shrine as day slowlymelted into night. ‘Perhaps malaria.’ Had he used malaria yet? Malaria was a nice, long-term disease. It’d save him excuses for another week or so....
... about what was on her mind and it made sense. "I have to admit, no point in having the big place all to yourself, Tetsui is in Tokyo with your dad right? If Hano goes there too... yeah I get it. Normality would be good, for all three of us. And so you get a place big enough for there to be room for Hano if he decides to come back to Domino, your dad and Tesui if they visit, but otherwise its me,...
... my brothers and I did...soooo..." He trailed off again before sighing. "I think that I'm going to sell this place and get myself a smallerhouse...I know what my heritage is but I just want to bring some normality to my life." She admitted. "Please don't feel like you have to change your plans. Keep your apartment, you've worked hard for it." She smiled. "We'll sort something out later on..."
... that had happened he missed the Bleached Wonder, he missed the snarkage, the bad tv, even the no-longer-quite-so-disgusting blood as a condiment and the stains it left everywhere. It had all become the normality of his life. He told himself that was the only reason he came here. And if he found himself lying in Spike’s bed it was only because he was tired. And if he rummaged through what was ...
...about them?” she asks further. “I was thinking about how on earth we all still understand each other, when words can actually have endless meanings.” “Because there is such a thing as normality?” and though she sounds unsure, the Chinese girl actually gave a good answer. “That’s a very good explanation Lenalee,” Lavi finds himself saying, eyes slightly wide. “Your intelligence must be...