“This book has neither the virtue of irony nor deserves the sympathy reserved for the truly mad.”
Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director
From the third book, "The Book of the Idiot"
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“A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause.”
Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Unplaced as yet by chapter
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