“ The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone. Ashly Lorenzana
“ I take it as a compliment when somebody calls me crazy. I would be offended if I was one of the sheeple, one of the sleepwalkers in the matrix or part of the collective hallucination we call 'normal Mohadesa Najumi
“ Life is a useless passion, an exciting journey of a mammal in survival mode. Each day is a miracle, a blessing unexplored and the more you immerse yourself in light, the less you will feel the darknes… Mohadesa Najumi
“ Truth will keep on telling the truthLies will lie to be more uncouthNo more rainbow after the stormNowhere to escape leaving the norm Munia Khan
“ Trying to imagine , who found indecorous, at a London performance of —to which in fact he was once taken. Trying to imagine the same for a time-transported —who during his first visit to Europe was e… David Markson
“ But are his needs any more shocking than the needs of any other animals and men? Are his deeds more outrageous than the deeds of the parent who drained the spirit from his child? The vampire may foste… Richard Matheson
“ Literature should be a kind of revolutionary manifesto against established morality and established society. Guo Moruo
“ The trick for introverts is to honor their styles instead of allowing themselves to be swept up by prevailing norms. Susan Cain
“ No one chooses which culture to be born into or can be blamed for how that culture evolved in past centuries. Thomas Sowell
“ Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and… Stephen King
“ Everything you are used to, once done long enough, starts to seem natural, even though it might not be. Julien Smith
“ Equally serious is the complaint that psychoanalysis as a medical practice is a form of oppressive social control, labelling individuals and forcing them to conform to arbitrary definitions of ‘normal… Terry Eagleton
“ The carnistic schema, which twists information so that nonsense seems to make perfect sense, also explains why we fail to see the absurdities of the system. Consider, for instance, advertising campaig… Melanie Joy
“ The path of the norm is the path of least resistance; it is the route we take when we're on auto-pilot and don't even realize we're following a course of action that we haven't consciously chosen. Mos… Melanie Joy
“ Humans pursuing deep, complete connections respond to quite different incentives from those that influence self-interested utility maximizers. Rewards, monitoring, and punishments are less likely to b… Anne-Marie Slaughter
“ Custom is a shroud that conceals everything. Not without first encountering the uncustomary will we be able to recognize what is customary and, more importantly, to change it. Such is the impulse behi… Vilém Flusser
