The Kosovo–Serbia dialogue has primarily been an elite endeavor, choreographed in Brussels and relayed to the public in triumphant or alarmist tones. Nevertheless, underneath this formalism, a quieter transformation has taken place. Disparate, under-resourced, and frequently contested civil society has disrupted the monologue of power. It has opened interpretive space, insisted on local relevance, and modeled cross-border cooperation even when politics defaulted to stalemate. The power of civil society lies not in its institutional clout but in its ability to multiply the meanings of dialogue, peace, and justice. It forces the question: normalization for whom? And on what terms? In asking this, it refuses to accept that diplomacy must be dehumanized or that peace is best negotiated behind closed doors. The legacy of civil society in the Kosovo–Serbia dialogue is precisely this refusal—a principled insistence that normalization cannot be measured solely by signing agreements but by the conditions under which people live, remember, and begin again.