238 quotes found
“Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally.”
“He laughed a little, in an odd, nervous kind of way. "Because if I don't get going soon, the whole impetus may die--and if that happens, well, I really shall consider a long, restful plunge into in...”
“She disappeared; her voice, her laughter, and the warmth of her breath never seen by no one again.”
“I said to him, "Shall I tell you where the men are who believe most in themselves? For I can tell you. I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where ...”
“It is a proven fact that everyone on this earth has some bit of madness within their soul. I am no exception and neither are you.”
“One of the better definitions of insanity - doing the exact same thing over and over and expecting the result to be different.”
“He was nuts. He'd scammed the quarterly mental health exam and was certifiably insane.Not that that's ever stopped me from sleeping with anyone.”
“I'm talking to myself in two different personas now. I'm reaching for a full-throttle meltdown and why not? Why stop halfway? Why not just go for it, jump on and ride the wave?”
“Do you know why youre here? Shall I tell you why we brought you here? To cure you.To make you sane.”
“By all means. Swords have ever been the best servants of crazy men.”
“They look up at me and see a rich lady in maternity clothes. They don't realize I am one of them.”
“have you taken leave of your senses”
“The materialist is sure that history has been simply and solely a chain of causation, just as the [lunatic] is quite sure that he is simply and solely a chicken. Materialists and madmen never have ...”
“When you realize that there's a name and a description for this condition that you thought was insanity, you've identified the problem, and now you can do something about it.”
“In our national parlance, what's usually meant by the word "maverick" is someone who skirts the edge of sanity--or is so insane as to appear sane--who then does something absolutely insane and yet,...”
“I was also supposed to quiz my various companions on a number of important matters such as nostalgia, fear of unknown animals, food fantasies, nocturnal emissions, hobbies, choice of radio program,...”
“Sanity exists only in books, while Insanity rules our lives!”
“Insane people give me hope.""What!!!!" I almost dropped my beer."The insane have decided to stay on," Crumley said. "They love life so much that, rather than destroy it, they go behind a self-made ...”
“...and it's that time of the day when the fatigue sets in. No, not the physical type of fatigue that goes with a stretching of limbs or a session in my sauna ~which in fact is sparkling signifying ...”
“The cruel truth exposes the ugly side of us so deeply that we find solace in the last defence hiding behind the facade of our insanity.”
