Living is abnormal. Author: Eugène Ionesco Copy Quote More from Eugène Ionesco “FIRE CHIEF: Life is very simple, really. [To the Smiths:] Go on and kiss each o…” “When I was born, I was almost fourteen years old. That's why I was able to unde…” “You can only predict things after they have happened.” “Realism falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it …”