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1. “Art derives a considerable part of its beneficial exercise from flying in the face of presumptions.”

Henry James

Artistic Rebellion, Challenging Norms, Art, Presumptions, Rebellion, Norms

2. “Love whom you will but marry your own kind.”

Harper Lee

Relationship Advice, Cultural Norms, Practical Love, Advice, Norms, Love

3. “As Gloria Steinem observed, “Whoever has power takes over the noun – and the norm – while the less powerful get an adjective.”

Sheryl Sandberg

Power Dynamics, Gender Norms, Social Structures, Power, Gender, Norms

4. “Insanity is relative. Who sets the norm?”

Charles Bukowski

Mental Perception, Societal Standards, Thought Provoking, Insanity, Norms, Relativity

5. “When people say 'marriage' to me. It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.”

Lady Gaga

Marriage Views, Relationship Expectations, Defining Love, Freedom, Rush, Norms

6. “I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man.”

Toni Morrison

Gender Roles, Family Structure, Social Norms, Gender, Family, Norms

7. “You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous.”

John Steinbeck

Monsters, Nature, Society, Norms, Change, Philosophy

8. “No young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman’s love is declared, it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the gentleman is first known to have dreamt of her.”

Jane Austen

Proper Romance, Social Expectations, Courtship Norms, Romance, Expectations, Norms

9. “Sanity is not statistical.”

George Orwell

Sanity, Society, Norms, Mental Health, Individuality

10. “Collective madness is called sanity...”

Paulo Coelho

Madness, Sanity, Society, Perception, Norms

11. “If God had meant for us to be naked, we’d have been born that way.”

Mark Twain

Humor, Society, Norms, Satire, Reflection

12. “Solemnity is proper in church, but things that are proper in church are not necessarily proper outside, and vice versa. For example, I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church.”

C.S. Lewis

Solemnity, Context, Spirituality, Behavior, Norms

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