#mad

After the thing went off, after it was a sure thing that America could wipe out a city with just one bomb, a scientist turned to Father and said, 'Science has now known sin.' And do you know what Father said? He said, 'What is sin? ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#man-made-disaster #war #science

The smooth folds of her dress concealed a tumultuous heart, and her modest lips told nothing of her torment. She was in love. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#love #madame-bovary #quotes #love

If she had been a normal female, she would have swooned. But she was not normal, never had been. “Good grief, you are impossibly handsome,” she said breathlessly. “I vow, I have never experienced the like. For an instant, my brain stopped altogether. I must say, my lord, you do clean up well. But next time, I wish you would call out a warning before you come into view, and give me a chance to brace myself for the onslaught.” Something dark flickered in his eyes. Then a corner of his hard mouth quirked up. “Miss Adams, you have an interesting — a unique — way with a compliment.” The trace of a smile disoriented her further. “It is a unique experience,” she said. “I never knew my brain to shut off before, not while I was full awake. I wonder if the phenomenon has been scientifically documented and what physiological explanation has been proposed. ↗

— Loretta Chase

#gwendolyn #humor #love #mad-earl-s-bride #experience

..he was 'nuts about her', as the parlance of the day had it, as if it were generally recognised that love and madness are adjoining rooms with extremely porous walls. ↗

— Jan Kjærstad

#love #madness #nuts #love

Be as intellectual as you like about it, but India is brilliantly mad. And if you want to love it, you have to hate it first. ↗

— Simon Dring

#madness-and-civilization #travel #love

Falling in love happens so suddenly that it seems, all at once, that you have always been in love. ↗

— Marya Hornbacher

#falling #love #madness #mental-illness #sudden

Depression is a sign of strength – because it means no matter how weak your mind might be to you, your heart is still strong enough to feel, ↗

— Emma Hart

#depression #maddie #the-love-game #love

And he rose, brontosaurus-like, to his place among the treetops. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#jeffrey-eugenides #madeleine-hanna #marriage-plot #marriage

I’ve given up men.” At that, he arched a brow. Be strong. Be confident. Be… Neytiri from Avatar. Okay, so Neytiri was a mythical creature, not to mention animated, but still. She was strong and confident, and that’s all that matters at the moment. “It’s true. At first, I was just going to give up attorneys, but that seemed immature—and far too exclusive, so I’m playing it safe and giving up all the penis-carrying humans.” Because that was so much more mature. ↗

— Jill Shalvis

#jackson #jax #maddie #men

There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. ↗

— Anonymous

#islam #muhammad-pbuh #islam