#insan

Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though they weren't? Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act? ↗

— Susanna Kaysen

#sanity #sanity

Crazy people made him crazy. It was as if he personally resented them giving into madness - in part, because he so frequently labored to behave sanely. When some people gave up the labor of sanity, or failed at it, Garp suspected them of not trying hard enough. ↗

— John Irving

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There is, incidentally, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. ↗

— Dan Greenberg

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Maybe he’s normal and we’re the crazy ones. Maybe everyone should talk to themselves. Maybe we’re all just afraid of what we’d say. ↗

— Katie Kacvinsky

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Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane? ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

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I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane. ↗

— George Orwell

#insanity

She didn't quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a strong one, if they used a word like that to describe the insane. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#moon #insanity

Belane, are you nuts?" Who knows? Insanity is comparative. Who sets the norm? ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#insanity

Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#insanity #parents #tragedy #faith