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There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.

“There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.” — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Author YahooeyPosted on October 14, 2020October 11, 2020Categories QuotationsTags Herman Melville, madness, Moby-Dick, wisdom, woeLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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A mad person not helped out of his trouble by anything real begins to trust what is not real because it helps him and he needs it because real things continue not to help him.

“A mad person not helped out of his trouble by anything real begins to trust what is not real because it helps him and he needs it because real things continue not to help him.” — Lydia Davis, Liminal: Little Man

Author YahooeyPosted on September 14, 2020September 13, 2020Categories QuotationsTags help, Lydia Davis, madnessLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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With madness, as with vomit, it is the passerby who receives the inconvenience.

“With madness, as with vomit, it is the passerby who receives the inconvenience.” — Joe Orton, The Erpingham Camp

Author YahooeyPosted on January 1, 2019December 22, 2018Categories QuotationsTags bystander, inconvenience, Joe Orton, madness, passerby, The Erpingham Camp, vomitLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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And when there is the possibility of peace, a new fight erupts, based on an old complaint, and which some people call justice and others madness.

“And when there is the possibility of peace, a new fight erupts, based on an old complaint, and which some people call justice and others madness.” — Nuruddin Farah, Knots

Author YahooeyPosted on November 24, 2018November 15, 2018Categories QuotationsTags bygones, complaint, dispute, fight, justice, Knots, madness, Nuruddin Farah, PeaceLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.

“Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.” — Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

Author YahooeyPosted on November 7, 2018October 24, 2018Categories QuotationsTags A Fine Balance, flirting, madness, Rohinton Mistry6 Comments on Quote of the Day

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Sanity is the madness of the greatest number.

“Sanity is the madness of the greatest number.” — Clark Ashton Smith, “The Epigrams of Alastor“, The Dragon-Fly (October 1935)

Author YahooeyPosted on April 26, 2018April 4, 2018Categories QuotationsTags Clark Ashton Smith, insanity, madness, sanity, The Epigrams of AlastorLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

“Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.” — George Jean Nathan, House of Satan

Author YahooeyPosted on July 29, 2012April 3, 2019Categories QuotationsTags art, George Jean Nathan, House of Satan, irrational, madness, musicLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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