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> [“As I ran, I fixed my hat back on my head and thought, The Mad Hatter. After all this time . . . . . . finally”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-cole/as-i-ran-i-fixed-my-hat-back-on-my-head-and-thought-the-mad-hatter/)

[Tillie Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-cole/)

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> [“You thought I was mad. Perhaps I was. Perhaps I am. It doesn't make for sanity, does it, living with the devil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-du-maurier/you-thought-i-was-mad-perhaps-i-was-perhaps-i-am-it-doesn-t-make-for/)

[Daphne du Maurier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-du-maurier/)

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> [Like all mad men, I thought everyone was mad except myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/like-all-mad-men-i-thought-everyone-was-mad-except-myself/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [“He knew what the others thought of him. They thought him mad. Well, perhaps they were right. Brandt was mad. Well and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-roux/he-knew-what-the-others-thought-of-him-they-thought-him-mad-well/)

[Abigail Roux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-roux/)

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> [“Some day I must make a list of the reasons for which I have been thought mad and by whom: it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fletcher-geniesse/some-day-i-must-make-a-list-of-the-reasons-for-which-i-have-been/)

[Jane Fletcher Geniesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fletcher-geniesse/)

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> [“I couldn't imagine it, living a pristine life in this big Georgian house and everything. It seemed heinous. So I left him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-rayner/i-couldn-t-imagine-it-living-a-pristine-life-in-this-big-georgian/)

[Sarah Rayner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-rayner/)

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> [I do think that my Indian classical audiences thought I was sacrificing them through working with George; I became known as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/i-do-think-that-my-indian-classical-audiences-thought-i-was/)

[Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/)

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> [“It was like trying to balance on a pair of knife blades. Who had thought of this mad form of travel in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamora-pierce/it-was-like-trying-to-balance-on-a-pair-of-knife-blades-who-had/)

[Tamora Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamora-pierce/)

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> [“No more tears, Rose. I’m here. I’ll protect you." “I thought you were mad at me." “Don’t be silly. How could I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-may/no-more-tears-rose-i-m-here-i-ll-protect-you-i-thought-you-were-mad/)

[Alexandra May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-may/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/alexandra-may-53491_alexandra-may_no-more-tears-rose-i-m-here-i-ll-protect_2094949.jpg)

> [“If someone had told her that she would be transported to what was for all purposes a magical land, where history could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/if-someone-had-told-her-that-she-would-be-transported-to-what-was-for/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/tad-williams-2777_heart_if-someone-had-told-her-that-she-would-b_1150927.jpg)

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