“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” — Edgar Allan Poe, “Letter to George W. Eveleth,” The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe (01848-01-04)
Tag: sanity
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“The nice thing about having a friend who is crazier than you are is that she bolsters your belief in your own sanity.” — Julie Powell, Julie and Julia
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“The rewards for being sane may not be very many but knowing what’s funny is one of them.” — Kingsley Amis, Stanley And The Women
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“When you live entirely among madmen, it is difficult to know how sane you are.” — Robert Aickman, Painted Devils
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“The distinction between sanity and insanity is narrower than the razor’s edge, sharper than a hound’s tooth, more agile than a mule deer. It is more elusive than the merest phantom. Perhaps it does not even exist; perhaps it is a phantom.” — Philip K. Dick, VALIS
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“If I have not yet lost my mind, I can sometimes feel it preparing to defect.” — Patrick White, Flaws In The Glass
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“Civilized society is a society that tolerates all sorts of divergences, to the point of eccentricity and to the point, even, of doubtful sanity.” — Robert Frost, The Future of Man (1959-09-29)
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“Sanity is the madness of the greatest number.” — Clark Ashton Smith, “The Epigrams of Alastor“, The Dragon-Fly (October 1935)
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“I think the whole society is nuts — and the question is: What does a sane man do in an insane society?” — Joseph Heller, Heller’s legacy will be ‘Catch-22’ ideas (1999-12-13)
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“Insane people are always sure they’re just fine. It’s only the sane people who are willing to admit they’re crazy.” — Nora Ephron, Heartburn
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