111 Quotes About Social-norms

She had only been around humans for a few days, and she had already embroiled herself in one of the most intricate social dilemmas: to stand out or to fit in?

The civilized human stands firm on their conviction and says, I don't obey no etiquette, I don't obey no norm - whatever is civilized is born of me, whatever is human is born of me.

Any human action that goes against what is ordinary, is deemed as an anomaly.

A norm doesn't have to be logical to exist in a civilized society, it just has to be non-prejudicial.

I shake my head at my friend. “Not only is they lines, but you know good as I do where them lines be drawn.” Aibileen shakes her head. “I used to believe in em. I don’t anymore. They in our heads. People like Miss Hilly is always trying to make us believe they there. But they ain’t.

Different can be wonderful, and even quite colorful.
Different is certainly beautiful, anything else would be unsuitable.

With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven.

We are poor indeed if we are only sane.

If being a man is something that required a person to tick off a bunch of boxes, not many people would make it through.