“Normalcy was declared. (Normalcy was always a declaration.)”— Arundhati Roy Related Quotes “We are a Nation of peace and compassion, yet these people have and will devote every fiber of their beings to the destruction of Americans and our Country.”– Charles Foster Bass “It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.”— Mahatma Gandhi “For a girl, with each boy it’s as though a petal gets plucked each time.”— Susan Minot