#insanity

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

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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

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

— Charles Bukowski

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I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#the-best-option

Are you crazy? It's a common phrase, I know. But it means something particular to me: the tunnels, the security screens, the plastic forks, the shimmering, ever-shifting borderline that like all boundaries beckons and asks to be crossed. I do not want to cross it again. ↗

— Susanna Kaysen

#girl-interrupted #insanity #mental-illness #mental-illness