#sanity

Socrate considérait que c'est un mal qui n'est pas loin de la folie, de s'imaginer que l'on possède une vertu, alors qu'on ne la possède pas. Certes, une pareille illusion est plus dangereuse que l'illusion contraire qui consiste à croire que l'on souffre d'un défaut, d'un vice. Deuxième Considération intempestive, ch. 6 ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#vice #virtue #imagination

Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times. He loves his madness the way a bird loves the sky. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#insanity #madness #sever #the-chemical-garden-trilogy #vaughn

There is not much left to see in this world if one sees her once. ↗

— Faraaz Kazi

#love #love-at-first-sight #love

She wasn't about to go down that road herself, which was a testament to her spiritual awakening and her commitment to sanity. It was a real blessing that she didn't follow me, because oftentimes, people go out together and one comes back and the other doesn't. Or both of them never do. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#drug-abuse #drugs #love #sanity #love

Perfect sanity is a myth propagated by straitjacket salesmen. ↗

— Rebecca McKinsey

#humor #insanity #myth #sanity #humor

The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#insanity #turnip #humor

There are certain people in whom you can detect the seeds of madness - seeds that have remained dormant only because the people in question have lived relatively comfortable, middle class lives. They function perfectly well in the world, but you can imagine, given a nasty parent, or a prolonged bout of unemployment, how their potential for craziness might have been realized. ↗

— Zoë Heller

#imagination

You're a very odd man," said Bert. "I get that more often than you'd think," replied Charles. ↗

— James A. Owen

#sanity #humor

I could not imagine the kind of person that would, upon seeing a crazy talcum-powder-covered Southern lady think to herself, Hmmmm, she might make a great new friend. The line between normal and crazy seemed impossibly thin. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#insanity #humor

This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#insanity #social #humor