“In fiction, beauty was run-of-the-mill.”
“The gossip mill runs on estrogen.”
“It was a running joke; everyone was aware of how ridiculous the rumor mill was, and yet they all shamelessly participated in it.”
“But why diminish your soul being run-of-the-mill at something? Mediocrity: now there is ugliness for you. Mediocrity's a hairball coughed up on the Persian carpet of Creation.”
“Fictional characters soon take on a life of their own. They run with the bit between their teeth.”
“Want to change the world? Upset the status quo? This takes more than run-of-the-mill relationships. You need to make people dream the same dream that you do.”