„People are always selling the idea that people with mental illness are suffering. I think madness can be an escape. If things are not so good, you maybe want to imagine something better. In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.“

— John Nash

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„I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.“
— Stephen King
„But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked."Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.""How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice."You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.“
— Lewis Carroll
„Mad Matter: "Have I gone mad?"Alice: "I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.“
— Tim Burton
„I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of the people.“
— Isaac Newton
„I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.“
— Georgia O'Keeffe