#madness

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#madness #science #sublimity #taught #us

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance. ↗

— Theodore Roethke

#madness #nobility #odds #soul

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#liquors #madness #produce #rum #total

I don't necessarily find superheroes in general, for me, that appealing. I'd much prefer to play, if I was to be cast in a superhero film, I'd prefer to play the villain because there's a reason, there's a motive behind their madness. ↗

— Ryan Kwanten

#because #behind #cast #film #find

I'm not the kind of guy that inspires madness in people. ↗

— Ryan Kwanten

#i #inspires #kind #madness #people

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#groups #individuals #madness #nations #parties

Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times. He loves his madness the way a bird loves the sky. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#insanity #madness #sever #the-chemical-garden-trilogy #vaughn

It's a myth that crazy people don't know they're crazy. Many of us are surely as capable of epiphany and introspection as anyone else, maybe more so. I suspect we spend far more time thinking about our thoughts than do sane people. ↗

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

#madness #introspection

Love may be harder to find in some people, but when they do love you know it must be something marvelous. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bitterness #cold #coldness #difficulties #discernment

I turned to Dionysus. "You cured him?" "Madness is my specialty. It was quite simple." "But...you did something nice. Why?" He raised and eyebrow. "I am nice! I simple ooze niceness, Perry Johansson. Haven't you noticed? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor #madness #nice #percy-jackson #sarcasm