"When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane."

Madness, Insanity, Sanity, Behavior

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"When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane."

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David Foster Wallace, American Writer

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George Orwell, British Author

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Victor Hugo, French Author

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"It's madness, of course', thought Moist. 'But now I've got it, too."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

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Terry Pratchett, English Author

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Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

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"Here in this endless and gleaming wildernessI was removed farther than ever from the world of men --And I never saw so close and so clearlyThe image in the mirror of my own soul."

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"To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness."

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"Muoth was right. On growing old, one becomes more contented than in one's youth, which I will not therefore revile, for in all my dreams I hear my youth like a wonderful song which now sounds more harmonious than it did in reality, and even sweeter."

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"Solitude is independence."

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"It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is."

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