“And I think that you do not understand that sometimes the only choice is between acceptance and madness.”

“I think I am mad sometimes.”

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer

“I'm beginning to think the only choice anyone has in life is between either a bad choice or a worse one.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

“I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.”

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer

“Sometimes you have to accept how things are. You can make it easy on yourself, or you can make it hard. The choice is yours.”

Susan Mallery (1950) American author

“You sometimes wake up from a dream and think, "Thank God, I didn't really do that!" Reconstructing a period of blackout you think, "My God, did I really do that?" The line between saying and thinking is blurred. Did you say it or just think it?”

William S. Burroughs book Junkie

“I do think you're mad and I'll still go with you.”

Suzanne Collins book Catching Fire

“I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.”

Haruki Murakami book Sputnik Sweetheart

“There is an idea of free will associated with it too. In order for there to be being, there has to be limitation. In order for there to be good, there has to be the possibility of evil. I think the right path is to exist such that the possibility of evil remains open, but that you choose the good. And I don't think that evil perse is built into the structure of the world. But I do think that it's human. I think that evil is human. And I think it's understandable. There is a difference between evil and tragedy. Tragedy does seem to be built into the structure of the world. But human beings seem to be equipped to deal with tragedy, but we are not equipped to deal with malevolence. That destroys people. I think that, metaphysically thinking, the world is structured such that humans have a choice between good and evil. Why do we have a choice? We don't know.”

Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology

“I have given you the power of choice, and you only alternate
Between futile speculation and unconsidered action.”

T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author