Quote by William Shakespeare

“A madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.”

— William Shakespeare

“Madness. That’s what it was. And I could no longer contain it.”

— Melanie Harlow

“But more and more I think that madness is the world's natural condition and to expect anything else is madness compounded.”

— Russell Hoban

“Something gurgled in his throat. It took a moment before he realized it was a scream bottled in his innards, a blast of misery…

— Tad Williams

“Some things are so frightful that a bit of madness is the only sane response. You know that, don’t you?”

— Sarah Waters

“It was obvious to me that he had been trying hard to fight the madness that was so clearly consuming him.”

— D.A. Rice

“I thought it was just a picture of madness. But that wasn't. It was a message, it has to be, those words are too…

— Scott Frost

“Being mad isn't an excuse for being vague. Can we at least have specific madness?”

— Natasha Pulley

“What I've finally begun to understand is that madness allows for an appalling honesty.”

— Dot Hutchison

“There is madness in the mind.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“almost exquisite, the slight madness”

— James Tate

“My dramas mostly involved whats-as in, What on earth is that horrible creature about to rip out my throat?”

— Kiersten White