Delirium Quotes

77 quotes by 54 authors

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to… — Antonin Artaud
Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in common therewith. — Thomas Carlyle
Everyone remembers his past with greater vividness as the present becomes more important. Dying men in their last delirium are supposed to see their whole… — Italo Svevo
Initially, it (winning the 1967 American League Pennant) was what you would dream about in Little League. The winning pitcher, being on the mound to… — Jim Lonborg
When Reinhold Messner returned from the first solo climb of Everest, he was severely dehydrated, and utterly exhausted; he fell down most of the last… — Kim Stanley
Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui. — Emile M. Cioran
Was it for this the wild geese spread The gray wing upon every tide; For this that all that blood was shed, For this. Edward… — William Butler Yeats
Neil [Gaiman, creator of the comic Sandman, featuring the Amos-based character Delirium] believes that faeries have gone beyond cool. They've transcended cool. I just think… — Tori Amos
There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! The highest degree of delirium! Plunged in burning dementia!… — Jean Dubuffet
A period of lewdness and shamelessness exists with the highest type of manic delirium. — Aretaeus of Cappadocia
In all perception of the truth there is a divine ecstasy, an inexpressible delirium of joy, as when a youth embraces his betrothed virgin. — Henry David Thoreau
The bird's delirium does not interest the trees. — Henri Michaux
Of all the animals on earth, none is so brutish as man when he seeks the delirium of coition. — Edward Dahlberg
Democracies should be a delirium of choices - more options, not fewer; more avenues to travel, not fewer. — B. W. Powe
We need wilderness because we are wild animals. Everyone needs a place where he can go to go crazy in peace. For the terror, freedom,… — Edward Abbey
The obese is in a total delirium. For he is not only large, of a size opposed to normal morphology: he is larger than large.… — Jean Baudrillard
Laughter can shake you from the delirium of grief — Lidia Yuknavitch
Recently I was directing an episode of 'Glee' and I lost my cell phone - and I didn't have time to buy a new one… — Eric Stoltz
I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer… — John Forbes Nash
History is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams and drunkenness. It… — Paul Valery

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