#insanity

I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I have come to the edge, of the land. I could get pushed over. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#fear #insanity #sanity #voices #sanity

Where to look if you've lost your mind? ↗

— Bernard Malamud

#insanity #mind #sanity #sanity

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

I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that goes with writing - a mad scientist thing that you have to go through - and sacrificing a kid's upbringing to do that is not an option. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#being #dad #go #goes #great

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries. ↗

— Patty Duke

#beings #between #centuries #human #human beings

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#acoustic guitar #alone #bordering #bravery #guitar

Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops. ↗

— Cary Grant

#insanity #practically #runs

Acting is a way of living out one's insanity. ↗

— Isabelle Huppert

#insanity #living #out #way

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#groups #individuals #insanity #nations #parties

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

#sanity #sanity