#insanity

I should never be left alone with my mind for too long. ↗

— Libba Bray

#humor #insanity #humor

Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane? ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#insanity #religion #war #humor

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#insanity #humor

Nobody's sane above the law. ↗

— Toba Beta

#law #life #normal #life

Awareness is the enemy of sanity, for once you hear the screaming, it never stops. ↗

— Emilie Autumn

#insanity #enemy

I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#money

I voluntarily inflicted a certain level of insanity on myself. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#certain level #i #inflicted #insanity #level

She thought of the recurrent waves of pain that for some reason or other she and her husband had had to endure; of the invisible giants hurting her boy in some unimaginable fashion; of the incalculable amount of tenderness contained in the world; of the fate of this tenderness, which is either crushed or wasted, or transformed into madness; of neglected children humming to themselves in unswept corners; of beautiful weeds that cannot hide from the farmer. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#innocence #insanity #beauty

The more sensitive the lunatic, the less able is he to resist this prying interest of the normal human being. I felt that Renée's change of key - to myself, I compared Renée to a sweet melody, a little flat despite its laborious harmonies - was approaching. ↗

— Colette

#insanity #sensitivity #sidonie-gabrielle-colette #change

If he had to spend the evening with madwomen, he would prefer at least one of them be willing to let him grope her. ↗

— Thomm Quackenbush

#insane #insanity #dreams