you mean,

captain penderton said, that any
fulfillment obtained at the expense
of normalcy is wrong, and should not
be allowed to bring happiness.
in short, it is better, because it is
morally honorable, for the square peg
to keep scraping about the round hole
rather than discover and use the
unorthodox square that would fit it?

p77
reflections in a golden eye
carson mccullers