„People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.“
— Iris Murdoch, book A Fairly Honourable Defeat
A Fairly Honourable Defeat (1970); 2001, p. 170.
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— Iris Murdoch, book A Fairly Honourable Defeat
A Fairly Honourable Defeat (1970); 2001, p. 170.
— Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995
On the Heights of Despair (1934)
— Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995
The New Gods (1969)
— Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995
On the Heights of Despair (1934)
— Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995
Drawn and Quartered (1983)
— Ludwig Wittgenstein Austrian-British philosopher 1889 - 1951
— Edgar Allan Poe, book The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)
Context: And now have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the senses? -- now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound too. It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.
— George Gordon Byron English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement 1788 - 1824
— David Tennant Scottish actor 1971
Radio Times interview (April 2007) http://www.radiotimes.com/content/show-features/doctor-who/david-tennant-interview-2007/
— Paulo Coelho Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
— Billie Eilish American singer-songwriter 2001
"Bad Guy"
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
— Fulton J. Sheen Catholic bishop and television presenter 1895 - 1979
Source: Life Is Worth Living
— Charles Mackay, book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Source: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
— Jeff Buckley American singer, guitarist and songwriter 1966 - 1997
KCRW – Man In The Moon (January 4, 1994)
From Interviews
— Virginia Woolf, book Orlando: A Biography
Source: Orlando
— Stephen Crane, book The Open Boat
Pt. VI
The Open Boat (1894)
Source: The Open Boat and Other Stories
— Aleister Crowley poet, mountaineer, occultist 1875 - 1947
Source: Magick: Liber ABA: Book 4
— Allen Ginsberg, book Howl and Other Poems
Variant: Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.
Source: Howl and Other Poems