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![Cassandra Clare](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1689347318i/150038._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“Is there some particular reason that you're here?" ...
"Not this again."
"Not what again?" said Clary.
"Every time I annoy him, he retreats into his No Mundanes Allowed tree house." Simon pointed at Jace.”
― City of Ashes
"Not this again."
"Not what again?" said Clary.
"Every time I annoy him, he retreats into his No Mundanes Allowed tree house." Simon pointed at Jace.”
― City of Ashes
![Steve Maraboli](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1574364064i/4491185._UY200_CR10,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Today is a new day. Don't let your history interfere with your destiny! Let today be the day you stop being a victim of your circumstances and start taking action towards the life you want. You have the power and the time to shape your life. Break free from the poisonous victim mentality and embrace the truth of your greatness. You were not meant for a mundane or mediocre life!”
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![Erin Morgenstern](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1552589582i/4370565._UX200_CR0,37,200,200_.jpg)
“Is magic not enough to live for?" Widget asks.
"Magic," the man in the grey suit repeats, turning the word into a laugh. "This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it. Look around you," he says, waving a hand at the surrounding tables. "Not a one of them even has an inkling of the things that are possible in this world, and what's worse is that none of them would listen if you attempted to enlighten them. They want to believe that magic is nothing but clever deception, because to think it real would keep them up at night, afraid of their own existence."
"But some people can be enlightened," Widget says.”
― The Night Circus
"Magic," the man in the grey suit repeats, turning the word into a laugh. "This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it. Look around you," he says, waving a hand at the surrounding tables. "Not a one of them even has an inkling of the things that are possible in this world, and what's worse is that none of them would listen if you attempted to enlighten them. They want to believe that magic is nothing but clever deception, because to think it real would keep them up at night, afraid of their own existence."
"But some people can be enlightened," Widget says.”
― The Night Circus
![C. JoyBell C.](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1612358741i/4114218._UY200_CR33,0,200,200_.jpg)
“The majority of people have successfully alienated themselves from change; they tediously arrange their lives into a familiar pattern, they give themselves to normalcy, they are proud if they are able to follow in auspicious footsteps set before them, they take pride in always coloring inside the lines and they feel secure if they belong to a batch of others who are like them. Now, if familiar patterns bore you, if normalcy passes before you unnoticed, if you want to create your own footsteps in the earth and leave your own handprints on the skies, if you are the one who doesn't mind the lines in the coloring book as much as others do, and perchance you do not cling to a flock for you to identify with, then you must be ready for adversity. If you are something extraordinary, you are going to always shock others and while they go about existing in their mundaneness which they call success, you're going to be flying around crazy in their skies and that scares them. People are afraid of change, afraid of being different, afraid of doing things and thinking things that aren't a part of their checkerboard game of a life. They only know the pieces and the moves in their games, and that's it. You're always going to find them in the place that you think you're going to find them in, and every time they think about you, you're going to give them a heart attack.”
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![Willa Cather](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1443393955i/881203._UX200_CR0,26,200,200_.jpg)
“Miracles... seem to me to rest not so much upon... healing power coming suddenly near us from afar but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that, for a moment, our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there around us always.”
― Death Comes for the Archbishop
― Death Comes for the Archbishop
![Brandon Sanderson](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1721927489i/38550._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“The Shaod, it was called. The Transformation... When it came, the fortuante person's life ended and began anew; he would discard his old, mundane existence and move to Elantris. Elantris, where he could live in bliss, rule in wisdom, and be worshiped for eternity.
Eternity ended ten years ago.”
― Elantris
Eternity ended ten years ago.”
― Elantris
![Jean-Paul Sartre](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1475567078i/1466._UY200_CR3,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Good digestions, the gray monotony of provincial life, and the boredom—ah the soul-destroying boredom—of long days of mild content.”
― No Exit and Three Other Plays
― No Exit and Three Other Plays
![Thomas Ligotti](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1651866983i/128466._UX200_CR0,42,200,200_.jpg)
“From the earliest days of man there has endured the conviction that there is an order of existence which is entirely strange to him. It does indeed seem that the strict order of the visible world is only a semblance, one providing certain gross materials which become the basis for subtle improvisations of invisible powers. Hence, it may appear to some that a leafless tree is not a tree but a signpost to another realm; that an old house is not a house but a thing possessing a will of its own; that the dead may throw off that heavy blanket of earth to walk in their sleep, and in ours. And these are merely a few of the infinite variations on the themes of the natural order as it is usually conceived.
But is there really a strange world? Of course. Are there, then, two worlds? Not at all. There is only our own world and it alone is alien to us, intrinsically so by virtue of its lack of mysteries. If only it actually were deranged by invisible powers, if only it were susceptible to real strangeness, perhaps it would seem more like a home to us, and less like an empty room filled with the echoes of this dreadful improvising. To think that we might have found comfort in a world suited to our nature, only to end up in one so resoundingly strange!”
― The Nightmare Factory
But is there really a strange world? Of course. Are there, then, two worlds? Not at all. There is only our own world and it alone is alien to us, intrinsically so by virtue of its lack of mysteries. If only it actually were deranged by invisible powers, if only it were susceptible to real strangeness, perhaps it would seem more like a home to us, and less like an empty room filled with the echoes of this dreadful improvising. To think that we might have found comfort in a world suited to our nature, only to end up in one so resoundingly strange!”
― The Nightmare Factory
![Tana French](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1535655031i/138825._UX200_CR0,11,200,200_.jpg)
“I have always been caught by the pull of the unremarkable, by the easily missed, infinitely nourishing beauty of the mundane.”
― Broken Harbour
― Broken Harbour
![Cassandra Clare](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1689347318i/150038._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“What a pretty dress,” Ariadne said to Cordelia, her voice warm. Her own gown was of flattering wine-colored silk. “I believe that’s the shade they call ‘ashes of roses.’ Very popular in Paris.”
“Oh, yes,” Cordelia said eagerly. She’d known so few girls growing up—just Lucie, really—so how did one impress them and charm them? It was desperately important. “I did get this dress in Paris, as a matter of fact. On Rue de la Paix. Jeanne Paquin made it herself.”
She saw Lucie’s eyes widen in concern. Rosamund’s lips tightened. “How fortunate you are,” she said coolly. “Most of us here in the poky little London Enclave rarely get to travel abroad. You must think us so dull.”
“Oh,” said Cordelia, realizing she had put her foot in it. “No, not at all—”
“My mother has always said Shadowhunters aren’t meant to have much of an interest in fashion,” said Catherine. “She says it’s mundane.”
“Since you’ve spoken of Matthew’s clothes admiringly so often,” said Ariadne tartly, “should we assume that rule is only for girls?”
― Chain of Gold
“Oh, yes,” Cordelia said eagerly. She’d known so few girls growing up—just Lucie, really—so how did one impress them and charm them? It was desperately important. “I did get this dress in Paris, as a matter of fact. On Rue de la Paix. Jeanne Paquin made it herself.”
She saw Lucie’s eyes widen in concern. Rosamund’s lips tightened. “How fortunate you are,” she said coolly. “Most of us here in the poky little London Enclave rarely get to travel abroad. You must think us so dull.”
“Oh,” said Cordelia, realizing she had put her foot in it. “No, not at all—”
“My mother has always said Shadowhunters aren’t meant to have much of an interest in fashion,” said Catherine. “She says it’s mundane.”
“Since you’ve spoken of Matthew’s clothes admiringly so often,” said Ariadne tartly, “should we assume that rule is only for girls?”
― Chain of Gold
![George MacDonald](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1201019294i/2413._UX200_CR0,43,200,200_.jpg)
“There was no pride, pomp, or circumstance of glorious war in this poor, domestic strife, this seemingly sordid and unheroic, miserably unheroic, yet high, eternal contest!”
― Heather and Snow
― Heather and Snow
![T.H. White](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1246071532i/426944._UX200_CR0,36,200,200_.jpg)
“He did not himself believe in the supernatural, but the thing happened, and he proposed to tell it as simply as possible. It was stupid of him to say that it shook his faith in mundane affairs, for it was just as mundane as anything else. Indeed the really frightening part about it was the horribly tangible atmosphere in which it took place. None of the outlines wavered in the least. The creature would have been less remarkable if it had been less natural. It seemed to overcome the usual laws without being immune to them. ("The Troll")”
― Ghostly, Grim and Gruesome
― Ghostly, Grim and Gruesome
![Lord Dunsany](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1207165592i/9172._UX200_CR0,27,200,200_.jpg)
“Our lord is a magic lord as we all desired, and magical things have sought him from over there, and they all obey his hests."
"It is so," said all but Gazic. And Gazic rose up in a pause of their gladness.
"Many strange things," he said, "have entered our village, coming from over there. And it may be that human folk are best, and the ways of the fields we know.”
― The King of Elfland's Daughter
"It is so," said all but Gazic. And Gazic rose up in a pause of their gladness.
"Many strange things," he said, "have entered our village, coming from over there. And it may be that human folk are best, and the ways of the fields we know.”
― The King of Elfland's Daughter
![Leonardo da Vinci](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1399080979i/13560._UX200_CR0,26,200,200_.jpg)
“Whatever— the soup is getting cold.
[Last sentence of a mathematical theorem in Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook, 1518]”
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[Last sentence of a mathematical theorem in Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook, 1518]”
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“Find the lessons in the stressing’, the miracles in the mundane, the blessings in what is given, and acceptance in what is taken away.”
― Feast
― Feast
![Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1611930624i/5716305._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Outside, not only over our pit but above all far away from it, there was life. You could not think too much about it, but I liked to imagine it so as not to die of forgetfulness. Imagine, and not remember. Life, the real one, not that dirty rag blowing across the ground, no, life in its exquisite beauty. I mean in its simplicity, its marvelous banality: a child smiling after tears; eyes blinking in too bright light; a woman trying on a dress; a man asleep on the grass. A horse galloping across a plain. A man wearing many-colored wings attempting to fly. A tree bending to shade a woman sitting on a stone. The sun drifts off, and you even see a rainbow. Life: it's being able to raise your arm, rub the back of your neck, stretch for the pure pleasure of it, get up and stroll aimlessly, watch people go by, stop, read a newspaper - or simply stay sitting at your window because you have nothing to do and it's nice to do nothing.”
― تلك العتمة الباهرة
― تلك العتمة الباهرة
![Stanisław Lem](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1246185166i/10991._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“What did that word mean to me? Earth? I thought of the great bustling cities, where I would wander and lose myself, and I thought of them as I had thought of the ocean on the second or third night, when I had wanted to throw myself upon the dark waves. I shall immerse myself among men. I shall be silent and attentive, an appreciative companion. There will be many acquaintances, friends, women--and perhaps even a wife. For a while, I shall have to make a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand and perform the thousands of little gestures which constitute life on Earth, and then those gestures will become reflexes again. I shall find new interests and occupations; and I shall not give myself completely to them, as I shall never again give myself completely to anything or anybody.”
― Solaris
― Solaris
![Erik Pevernagie](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1629325665i/14170911._UX200_CR0,18,200,200_.jpg)
“Blind dates can be a creative process showing life as a canvas upon which we paint our experiences, fraught with challenges and uncertainties. When we seek to shape our existence, we want to transform the mundane into an exclusive setting. ("Blind date")”
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![Tana French](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1535655031i/138825._UX200_CR0,11,200,200_.jpg)
“It wasn't a remarkable face in any way, but it had a clean-lined sweetness that brought up summer barbecues, golden retrievers, soccer games on new-mown grass, and I have always been caught by the pull of the unremarkable, by the easily missed, infinitely nourishing beauty of the mundane.”
― Broken Harbour
― Broken Harbour
“When you learn to fall in love with your breath. With the rise and fall of your chest. With the purity of the present moment in all its heartbreaking or heart-opening glory. When you fall in love with whatever the moment presents you, the world is yours for the taking and the crown upon your head fits true.”
― Man Uncivilized
― Man Uncivilized
![Allene vanOirschot](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1719064568i/4095942._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“Finding joy in the mundanity of daily life takes practice. ”
― Daddy's Little Girl: A Father's Prayer
― Daddy's Little Girl: A Father's Prayer
![A.W. Tozer](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1251928254i/1082290._UX200_CR0,27,200,200_.jpg)
“We must practice living to the glory of God, actually and determinedly. By meditation upon this truth, by talking it over with God often in our prayers, by recalling it to our minds frequently as we move about among men, a sense of its wondrous meaning will begin to take hold of us.”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
![A.W. Tozer](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1251928254i/1082290._UX200_CR0,27,200,200_.jpg)
“We must offer all our acts to God and believe that He excepts them. Then hold firmly to that position and keep insisting that every act of every hour of the day and night be included in the transaction. Keep reminding God in our times of private prayer that we mean every act for His glory; then supplement those times by a thousand thought-prayers as we go about the job of living. Let us practice the fine art of making every work a priestly ministration. Let us believe that God is in all our simple deeds and learn to find Him there.”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
![Scott Hershovitz](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1644861285i/219276._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Philosophy should address every aspect of our lives — the sacred, the profane, and even the mundane.”
― Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids
― Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids
![Ryszard Kapuściński](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1241284429i/6255._UX200_CR0,42,200,200_.jpg)
“The weather is like a slice of bread: familiar, an everyday taste, but without it...”
― Busz po polsku
― Busz po polsku
![Jhumpa Lahiri](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1378932972i/3670._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“This is the private morphology of a family, of two people who fall in love and have children: an enterprise as mundane as it is utterly specific. All at once I see how they form an ingenious organism, an impenetrable collective.”
― Whereabouts
― Whereabouts
![Andi Ashworth](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1693841179i/130923._UX200_CR0,37,200,200_.jpg)
“We need reminders at every stage of life that our bits and pieces have meaning. At one time or another, we will struggle with feeling invisible and weary and lonely in the work. It's hard to do the small things over and over and believe they are part of what God is doing in the world, especially when the work feels slow and ordinary.”
― Why Everything That Doesn't Matter, Matters So Much: The Way of Love in a World of Hurt
― Why Everything That Doesn't Matter, Matters So Much: The Way of Love in a World of Hurt
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