Mark Twain Quotes

You know, addressing my crazy by name doesn’t exactly help me stay sane,” I said. “Nothing can help you stay sane at this point, Mason,” said Becks. “That ship has sailed.

We're all not quite as sane as we pretend to be.

Madness passed me by, she smiled hi. I nodded.

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell; I know right now you can't tell; But stay a while and maybe then you'll see; A different side of me

I've never met a well-adjusted person. It's weird.

I have lived one step away from losing my mind for years. I am quick and accurate in spotting unstable streaks in others.

I don't suffer from my insanity -- I enjoy every minute of it.

Sanity brings pain but madness is a vile thing.

The line between normal and crazy seemed impossibly thin. A person would have to be an expert tightrope walker in order not to fall.

Quite quickly I grew less deranged. I had begun the process of calming down, assimilating and compromising, which is necessary to live comfortably in the world as it is, and probably is why its imbalance never changes. But underneath, my idea of life was completely altered.

I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.

I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.

In a crazy world, it's only your insanity that will keep you sane

He who can simulate sanity will be sane.

Keep in mind that I'm crazy, won't you?

Insanity is coasting through life.

I think everybody has had emotional distress, but yes, I think I'm pretty stable.

Here's the good news. If I realize that I'm insane, then I'm okay with it. I'm not dangerous insane.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.

I had no idea there was such a thin line between sanity and insanity. I got pushed right to the edge by tragedy in my life, and I couldn't stand up; I couldn't recover.

I think it's probably a good thing to be considered stable, but with a capacity for madness.

The quickness and flexibility of a well mind, a belief or hope that things will eventually sort themselves out-these are the resources lost to a person when the brain is ill.

I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.

A large proportion of my best friends are a little bit crazy. ... I try to be cautious with my friends who are too sane. Depression is itself destructive, and it breeds destructive impulses: I am easily disappointed in people who don't get it.