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Insanity is relative. Who sets the norm?


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Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.

Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.



The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.




People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.

People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.



Find what you love and let it kill you.

Find what you love and let it kill you.



If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.

If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.



Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.

Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.



Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.

Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.



You have to die a few times before you can really live.

You have to die a few times before you can really live.



I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.

I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.





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Want is always hungry and searching whereas contentment is steady, calm and receiving.

Want is always hungry and searching whereas contentment is steady, calm and receiving.



God made me in my beautiful form so I'm just trying to execute it.

God made me in my beautiful form so I'm just trying to execute it.



I feel like I just want to enjoy life and spend time with my daughter who is about to turn two, which is full-time job and the hardest job I've ever had in my life.

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It is time to pick a side.Either we stand with the gun lobby or we join the president and stand up to them.

It is time to pick a side.Either we stand with the gun lobby or we join the president and stand up to them.



There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.

There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.



Why, in our "free" country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?

Why, in our "free" country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?



The world is very different today than it was in 1968.

The world is very different today than it was in 1968.



I have seen doctors, in good faith, leave patients on steroids for years, thinking they are doing right. A friend of mine was on steroids for so long, she has severe osteoporosis.

I have seen doctors, in good faith, leave patients on steroids for years, thinking they are doing right. A friend of mine was on steroids for so long, she has severe osteoporosis.



Charles looked at her thoughtfully. "People talk to you," he said. "That could be useful.

Charles looked at her thoughtfully. "People talk to you," he said. "That could be useful.




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