Madness Quotes

1261 Madness quotes by 825 unique authors

Suddenly, madness was everywhere, and I was determined to learn about the impact it had on the way society evolves. I've always believed society to… — Jon Ronson
The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch. — Nadine Gordimer
t was almost disappointing because it seemed when stress and madness were eliminated from my daily life there wasn't much left you could depend on. — Charles Bukowski
You carry away with you a reflection of me, a part of me. I dreamed you; I wished for your existence. You will always be… — Anais Nin
Since life consists of madness spiked with lies, the farther you are from each other the more lies you can put into it and the… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
There were opium-dens, where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old sins could be destroyed by the madness of sins… — Oscar Wilde
I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,.. . Half of them don’t dare tell me the truth, and… — George R. R. Martin
Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that… — Herman Melville
I have felt the wind on the wing of madness. — Charles Baudelaire
In my madness I was actually in love with her for the few hours it all lasted; it was the same unmistakable ache and stab… — Jack Kerouac
The poet makes himself a voyant through a long, immense reasoned deranging of all his senses. All the forms of love, of suffering, of madness;… — Arthur Rimbaud
I am convinced that the deepest desire within each of us is to be liberated from the controlling influences of our own psychic madness or… — Caroline Myss
As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us,… — Willie Nelson
He wanted to make her laugh. He wanted to sit and listen to her talk about books until his ears fell off. But all these… — Cassandra Clare
When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness… — Miguel de Cervantes
If you have always suspected your sister of an inclination to madness, it will be my pleasure to confirm your worst fears. — Mary Balogh
Alexander smoked and watched her from his tree stump bench. What are you doing? she would ask him. Nothing, he would reply. Nothing but growing… — Paullina Simons
He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone. — Paul Theroux
Men were always quick to believe in the madness of women. — Alison Goodman
During the days I felt myself slipping into a kind of madness. Solitary confinement has an astonishing effect on the mind. The trip was to… — Tahir Shah
I shouldn't precisely have chosen madness if there had been any choice, but once such a thing has taken hold of you, you can't very… — Vincent Van Gogh
Soon madness has worn you down. It’s easier to do what it says than argue. In this way, it takes over your mind. You no… — Marya Hornbacher
Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Creative vision creates art" - he motioned around the gallery - "that shows the rest of the world a new angle. That's beautiful thing." "Or… — Melissa Marr
A madman's ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness. — Jean-Paul Sartre

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