„Some things are so frightful that a bit of madness is the only sane response. You know that, don’t you?“

— Sarah Waters

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„For some are sane and some are madAnd some are good and some are badAnd some are better, some are worse —But all may be described in verse.“
— T.S. Eliot
„Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.“
— Henry Miller
„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
„The Deftmenes are mad and the Dumii are sane, thought Snibril, and that's just the same as being mad except that it's quieter. If only you could mix them together, you'd end up with normal people.“
— Terry Pratchett
„You now have learned enough to seeThat Cats are much like you and meAnd other people whom we findPossessed of various types of mind.For some are sane and some are madAnd some are good and some are badAnd some are better, some are worse —But all may be described in verse.“
— T.S. Eliot
„Much madness is divinest senseTo a discerning eye;Much sense the starkest madness.’T is the majorityIn this, as all, prevails.Assent, and you are sane;Demur,—you ’re straightway dangerous,And handled with a chain.“
— Emily Dickinson