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Mad Quotes - Page 58

Our official histories of our countries and societies are made of forgetfulness.

"Neustadt Prize Winner Reflects On The Civil War That Shaped Him". Interview with Sarah Hurd and Suzette Grillot, kgou.org. November 14, 2014.

The single biggest act of bravery or madness anyone can do is the act of change.

Matt Haig (2014). “The Humans: A Novel”, p.249, Simon and Schuster

Make your mark in New York and you are a made man.

Mark Twain (1976). “Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals, Volume I: (1855-1873)”, p.302, Univ of California Press

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.

"In the Presence of America: A Conversation with Mark Strand". Interview with Katharine Coles, weberstudies.weber.edu. 1992.

We're all mad here.

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Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice in Wonderland / Alice Im Wunderland: Alice's Classic Adventures in a Bilingual Parallel Text / Die Klassischen Abenteuer Von Alice”, p.106, Sivinco

Hearts can't be broken because they're made of marzipan.

Kerstin Gier (2013). “Emerald Green”, p.43, Macmillan

Love has, at its best, made the inherent sadness of life bearable, and its beauty manifest.

Kay Redfield Jamison (2009). “An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness”, p.215, Vintage

The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death.

Joseph Conrad (2015). “The Complete Novels of Joseph Conrad - All 20 Works in One Premium Edition: Including Unforgettable Titles like Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, Under Western Eyes and Many More (With Author’s Letters, Memoirs and Critical Essays)”, p.4441, e-artnow

The mistakes I've made are dead to me. But I can't take back the things I never did.

Jonathan Safran Foer (2006). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”, p.362, Penguin UK