Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!

All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in a strange, sometimes inexplicable ways.

I sometimes think if I did not write I would be a madwoman. Now I am a sane woman with a lot of mad pages.

Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandemonium.

(aside) Oh, you are well tuned now,But I’ll set down the pegs that make this music,As honest as I am.

Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.

Fuck me,” I whispered, giving him permission, taking him into my flesh, a soft invitation to madness.

Christ--the quickest way to send a bloke mad is to let him go on re-fighting his war till he gets it right.

If you think that I am mad now, then take away my books, and you'll find I've completely gone insane!

If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!

Notre devoir n’est pas de nous débarrasser du fou, mais de débarrasser le fou de sa folie.

We are all subjected to two distinct natures in the same person. I myself have suffered grievously in that way.

I happen to be partial to humans - most, anyway. Clowns, not so much. Those evil bastards never stop smiling.

Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.

The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad.