Quotes About Conformity

But they don't want change. Life here is so orderly, so predictable-so painless. It's what they've chosen.

Definitely not safe," Jonas said with certainty. "What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong? "Or what if," he went on, almost laughing at the absurdity, "they chose their own jobs?" "Frightening, isn't it?" The Giver said. Jonas

The Giver shrugged. "Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences." He thought for a moment. "We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.

Two children—one male, one female—to each family unit.

Sometimes I wish they'd ask for my wisdom more often—there are so many things I could tell them; things I wish they would change. But they don't want change. Life here is so orderly, so predictable—so painless. It's what they've chosen.

Sometimes I wish they'd ask for my wisdom more often--there are so many things I could tell them; things I wish they would change. But they don't want change. Life here is so orderly, so predictable--so painless. It's what they've chosen.

Oh, sometimes it's just easier to please people, Maria said finally.

life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without color, pain, or past.

It wasn't a practical thing, so it became obsolete when we went to Sameness.

He knew that his parents cringed a little, as he did, when Fritz

Jonas reached the opposite side of the river, stopped briefly, and looked back. The community where his entire life had been lived lay behind him now, sleeping. At dawn, the orderly, disciplined life he had always known would continue again, without him. The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without color, pain, or past.

joined those who took the pills.

I will take care of that, sir. I will take care of that, sir, Jonas mimicked in a cruel, sarcastic voice. I will do whatever you like, sir. I will kill people, sir. Old people? Small new born people? I'd be happy to kill them, sir. Thank you for your instructions, sir. How may I help y- He couldn't seem to stop.

And the nakedness, too. It was against the rules for children or adults to look at another's nakedness; but the rule did not apply to newchildren or the Old.

It was against the rules for children or adults to look at another's nakedness; but the rule did not apply to newchildren or the Old. Jonas

This evening he almost would have preferred to keep his feelings hidden. But it was, of course, against the rules.

Am I to form myself into the pattern of a perfect Barrayaran maiden like trying to work a magic spell for absolution? I could spend my whole life working out that ritual and not come to the end of it, damn it!

GEORGE : Oh, don't be so proud of yourself, Bennie—just because you look eccentric. BENEATHA: How can something that's natural be eccentric? GEORGE: That's what being eccentric means—being natural. Get dressed.

BENEATHA How can something that's natural be eccentric? GEORGE That's what being eccentric means—being natural.

You were never to say you weren't fine, thank you — and yourself? You were supposed to be Heidi. You were supposed to lug goat milk up the hills and not think twice. Heidi did not complain. Heidi did not do things like stand in front of the new IBM photocopier saying, If this fucking Xerox machine breaks on me one more time, I'm going to slit my wrists.

If you want the law to leave you alone, keep your hair trimmed and your boots shined.

What is education but a conditioning of the mind to a society and a way of life.

Society is not taking revenge. It is simply eliminating someone who refuses to live by the rules.

The Indian peoples I had known belonged to clans, and the clans demanded that each member conform.