Cautious Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

I was observing her closely as I talked, and after a while I began to get the impression that she was not, in fact,…

— Roald Dahl

she had given me a piece of what made her life sane.

— Kim Harrison

“Were I to use the wits the good Spirits gave me,” he said, “then I would say this lady can not exist - for…

— Isaac Asimov

“He sensed she was drifting on a tide that neither he nor she could do much about. He couldn't tell whether her restlessness, her…

— Arundhati Roy

What parts had she discarded for the sake of her sanity? What had she cut from herself? Had he stared into her pupils he…

— Anthony Marra

“I refused to believe that I'd gone from sane to full-blown delusional in one night. After some consideration, I determined I didn't have any…

— Eileen Cook

I don't know how I kept sane - maybe I'm not sane

— Kevin Woods

If you have no doubt, you are not sane.

— Tage Danielsson

She looked out the window; in her eyes was the light that you see only in children arriving at a new place, or in…

— Orhan Pamuk

“Is she sane?’ asked Mrs. Linton, appealing to me. ‘I’ll repeat our conversation, word for word, Isabella; and you point out any charm it…

— Emily Brontë

“she had been perfectly agreeable until I showed my face. That’s how it is with that kind of madness. Ninety-nine per cent of the…

— Peter Lovesey

Her forehead was a maze of anxious little grooves, from a lifetime of wondering about whether everyone within range was OK.

— Tana French