INSANITY! & ALSO, I SUPPOSE, SANITY:

  • "I never could have done stuff like that when I was in my right mind. I'd be worried people would think I was crazy. When I think of all the fun I missed, I try not to be bitter."--Lily Tomlin.

  • "I don't suffer from insanity--I enjoy every minute of it!"--the classic bumper sticker.

  • "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
    --Hunter S. Thompson

  • "The human mind is kind of like . . . a pinata. When it breaks open, there's a lot of surprises inside."
    --Lily Tomlin again.

  • "Ignorance is bliss--knowledge is true insanity!"
    --the late great Jukebox Hero

  • "Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music."--George Carlin

  • "You're talking to yourself in the mirror again. Very bad sign."--the evil ex from
    the movie 'Sliding Doors.'
    (spoken to himself. In the mirror.)

  • "The thing about someone who is as unstable as I am is, you feel like your nose is up against the window of normal life all the time. . ."
    --David Milch, co-creator of NYPD Blue.

  • "Darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
    And lightness has a call that's hard to hear
    I wrapped my fear around me like a blanket
    I sailed my ship of safety 'til I sank it
    I'm crawling on your shores . . ."
    --Indigo Girls, 'Closer to Fine'

  • Anna: "Are you all right?"
    Helen: "Just going a bit mad."
    Anna: "Thank God for that--I was worried."
    --from the movie 'Sliding Doors' (it kicks ass).

  • "Mental Illness Takes Its Toll--Please Have Exact Change."--Kelly Huff, aka Warrior Woman.

  • "Please do not disturb any further."--a really good saying to have hanging on your dorm room door.

  • "I had been crossing and recrossing the line between sanity and madness so many times I had all but rubbed it out."--Corwin, Prince of Amber, in 'The Guns of Avalon' by Roger Zelazny.

  • "It is one of the blessings of the world that few people see visions and dream dreams."
    --Zora Neale Hurston.

  • "I'm not mad. Hell has merely altered my sense of humor."--King of Eldor, in 'Armies of Daylight' by Barbara Hambly.

  • "Don't worry about it. We're like this all the time."
    "Except when we're worse."
    --from 'The Sword of Maiden's Tears' by Rosemary Eggehill, but could've *easily* been an excerpt from any portion of my life wherein I consistently hung out w/more than zero to one person.
    Welcome to the asylum . . .

  • "Is it still paranoia when they really are out to get you?"--from 'Fallen Angels'

  • Our personal version of the above, created many moons ago:
    "You're not paranoid . . . we really are out to get you."
    --spoken in a very sincere, reassuring voice, accompanied by a pat on the shoulder and a maniacal grin.

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