“I can tell you as a scientist Diana, that there’s no such thing as ‘normal’.” His voice was losing its careful softness. “‘Normal’ is a bedtime story-a fable- that humans tell themselves to feel better when faced with overwhelming evidence that most of what’s happening around them is not ‘normal’ at all.”

“I can tell you as a scientist Diana, that there’s no such thing as ‘normal’.” His voice was losing its careful softness. “‘Normal’ is a bedtime story-a fable- that humans tell themselves to feel better when faced with overwhelming evidence that most of what’s happening around them is not ‘normal’ at all.”

— Deborah Harkness