Insanity quotes
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"Love stories are only fit for the solace of people in the insanity of puberty. No healthy adult human being can really care whether so-and-so does or does not succeed in satisfying his physiological uneasiness by the aid of some particular person or not."
"There is no element of genius without some form of madness."
"Insanity is relative. Who sets the norm?"
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked."
"In the quest to be a man, you start to learn you need your family. If it wasn't for them, I'd be way closer to insanity."
"I could go on to speak of sanity as compared with insanity, decency as compared with vandalism, friendship as compared with rabies."
"Unity is what we are afraid of so fear is insanity. Let’s love each other."
"As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs."
"A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world."
"When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane."
"Would you carry a razor, in case, just in case of depression?"
"A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity."
"Insanity is a legal term. Crazy is an art form."
"All of the people in my building are insane. The guy above me designs synthetic hairballs for ceramic cats."
"Be proud to be out of your mind and out of control."
"Want a good body? Work at it. Want to be a success? Work at it. Want to be truly exceptional? Be a touch insane... You need a little bit of insanity to do great things."
"To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity."
"To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity."
"I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane."
"To the sober person adventurous conduct often seems insanity."
