Character Quote by Thomas M. Disch

“He wondered if sanity had completely forsaken him in a land where nightmares and reality existed side-by-side.”

— Kevin Purdy

“The problem with Insanity was how incredibly sane it felt. He bit his tongue and said nothing to the smirking ghost of his father.”

— Matthew Fitzsimmons

“…madness is not hysteria. It can be very quiet…”

— Anne Sexton

“Of course, everyone has a touch of madness in them. In fact, there’s something frightening about a person who isn’t a little crazy.”

— Hiromi Kawakami

“As long as you doubt your sanity, you can't be insane.”

— Miles Keaton Andrew

“​I no longer had to worry if I was crazy. I wasn’t. Ghosts were real. Demons were real. Grim Reaper was real. Heaven and…

— Michelle Gross

“He had to treat him as the maniac he obviously was. The fact that his insanity was dressed in religious trappings meant nothing.”

— Iain M. Banks

“Was it possible that perhaps the most plausible explanation was being offered by someone who anyone with an ounce of sanity would have long…

— Tim Horvath

“A man who is already insane was frightening enough, but when he goes crazy...”

— Walter Mosley

“He had always imagined madness as a flailing hysteria, subdued only by restraint or drugs. Not this dulled indifference that slowed his footsteps and…

— Laura Elliot

“But then sanity was a movable feast, wasn't it? One man's madness might be another's politics.”

— Clive Barker

“If this was sanity, being crazy made a lot more sense.”

— Frank Peretti