Sanity Quotes
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“Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.”
― The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
― The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“I mean, maybe I am crazy. I mean, maybe. But if this is all there is, then I don't want to be sane.”
― Neverwhere
― Neverwhere
“Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.”
― Changes
― Changes
“Damn it," I muttered.
"What?" asked Adrian.
"I hate when you're the sane one. That's my job."
"Rose," he said, forcibly trying to keep a serious tone, "I can think of many words to describe you, sexy and hot being at the top of the list. You know what's not on the list? Sane.”
― Spirit Bound
"What?" asked Adrian.
"I hate when you're the sane one. That's my job."
"Rose," he said, forcibly trying to keep a serious tone, "I can think of many words to describe you, sexy and hot being at the top of the list. You know what's not on the list? Sane.”
― Spirit Bound
“Inside every sane person there's a madman struggling to get out," said the shopkeeper. "That's what I've always thought. No one goes mad quicker than a totally sane person.”
― The Light Fantastic
― The Light Fantastic
“Actually, the problem is that I can’t lose my mind,” I said. “It’s inescapable.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance
“Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy
“When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.”
― Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
― Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
“Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded...”
― The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
― The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
“That all men are equal is a proposition which at ordinary times no sane individual has ever given his assent.”
― Proper Studies
― Proper Studies
“Our society tends to regard as a sickness any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system and this is plausible because when an individual doesn't fit into the system it causes pain to the individual as well as problems for the system. Thus the manipulation of an individual to adjust him to the system is seen as a cure for a sickness and therefore as good.”
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“That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane.”
― The Sane Society
― The Sane Society
“Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!”
― Man of La Mancha: A Musical Play
― Man of La Mancha: A Musical Play
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