#nsa

I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane. ↗

— George Orwell

#insanity

She didn't quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a strong one, if they used a word like that to describe the insane. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#moon #insanity

Belane, are you nuts?" Who knows? Insanity is comparative. Who sets the norm? ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#insanity

Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#insanity #parents #tragedy #faith

You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas. ↗

— Stephen King

#insanity #pets

I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#the-best-option

Are you crazy? It's a common phrase, I know. But it means something particular to me: the tunnels, the security screens, the plastic forks, the shimmering, ever-shifting borderline that like all boundaries beckons and asks to be crossed. I do not want to cross it again. ↗

— Susanna Kaysen

#girl-interrupted #insanity #mental-illness #mental-illness

After my first few tastes I was pretty much hooked. I'd have dry spells, months without any or only piddling amounts of grace, but I never forgot about it or stopped wanting it. ↗

— Mark Vonnegut

#insane #insanity #mental-illness #mental-illness

Those with the money are eccentric. Those without, insane. ↗

— Bruce Robinson

#insanity #madness #money #poverty #money

Perhaps true faith is a form of insanity. ↗

— Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#insanity #faith