“In a totally sane society, madness is the only freedom.”

“There's only a thin red line between the sane and the mad.”

“Inside every sane person there's a madman struggling to get out," said the shopkeeper. "That's what I've always thought. No one goes mad quicker than a totally sane person.”

“Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.”

“Some things are so frightful that a bit of madness is the only sane response. You know that, don’t you?”

“To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.”

“In the country of the mad, the sane man is crazy.”

“The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.”

“To be sane in a mad time
is bad for the brain, worse
for the heart.”

“The Deftmenes are mad and the Dumii are sane, thought Snibril, and that's just the same as being mad except that it's quieter. If only you could mix them together, you'd end up with normal people.”