“You’re mad, bonkers, completely off your head. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”

—  Lewis Carroll, book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Variant: Have I gone mad? I'm afraid so.
You're entirely Bonkers.
But I will tell you a secret,
All the best people are.
Source: Alice in Wonderland

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English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer 1832–1898

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