37 Insane Quotes Revealed

October 13, 2025
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37 Insane Quotes Revealed

Explore a fascinating selection of quotes that push the boundaries of conventional thinking and offer bold, surprising insights. This curated collection of 37 insane quotes reveals unique perspectives that challenge the norm and inspire new ways of seeing the world. Whether you're seeking motivation, humor, or a fresh dose of inspiration, these quotes are sure to leave a lasting impression.

1. “The rain set early in tonight,The sullen wind was soon awake,It tore the elm-tops down for spite,And did its best to vex the lake:I listened with heart fit to break.When glided in Porphyria; straightShe shut the cold out and the storm,And kneeled and made the cheerless grateBlaze up and all the cottage warm;” - Robert Browning

2. “(Her husband's departure ...) had picked Mildred up by the hair and dropped her down at the doorstep of insanity.From "Butterfly on F street” - Edward P. Jones

3. “A stupid ruler is much more of a problem than an insane one.” - Patricia Briggs

4. “Called her a whore and attacked her walls, tearing down her posters and throwing her books everywhere. I found out because some whitegirl ran up and said, Excuse me, but your stupid roommate is going insane, and I had to bolt upstairs and put him in a headlock.” - Junot Diaz

5. “But I miss screamin' and fightin' and kissin' in the rain and it's 2 a.m. and I'm cursin' your name. You're so in love the you act insane, and that's the way I loved you.” - Taylor Swift

6. “You're insane!" she shouted."Pretty cool, huh?""No!"Tally yelled. "Why didn't you tell me it was broken?"Shay shrugged. "More fun that way?""More fun?" Her heart beating fast,her vision strangely clear. She was full of anger and relief and...joy."Well, kind of. But you suck!” - Scott Westerfeld

7. “Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now.” - Mark Twain

8. “I really look forward to that insane hour that we spend together. I really do.” - Colin Farrell

9. “We may paint our faces. We may fuck around. But pussy-ass bitches here wont be found. My homies stand behind me all the way. My true family and forever we'll stay. Don't fuck with me, cause they got my back. Where do your friends go, when they know you can't hack? Do they stay and help? Fuck no, they run! Back to their mommies while we have our fun. My juggalo family, we don't fuck around. So tell me this now, are you down with the clown?” - Insane Clown Posse

10. “It's so nice to be insane, no one asks you to explain.” - Helen Reddy

11. “She didn't quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a strong one, if they used a word like that to describe the insane.” - Paulo Coelho

12. “a synonym for ‘insane’ is ‘bananas” - Brandon Scott Gorrell

13. “Do you know what Albert Einstein's definition of insanity was?" "No." "Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” - Christian Cantrell

14. “He started keeping a journal — had been, in fact, secretly doing so for some time: the furtive act of a deranged person.” - Philip K. Dick

15. “Absurdity is the ecstasy of intellectualism.” - Criss Jami

16. “We`re not in Wonderland anymore, Alice.” - Charles Manson

17. “Good so be would you if, duff plum of helping second A," said the Bursar. The table fell silent. "Did anyone understand that?" said Ridcully. The Bursar was not technically insane. He had passed through the rapids of insanity som time previously, and was now sculling around in some peaceful pool on the other side. He was quite often coherent, although not by normal human standards.” - Terry Pratchett

18. “Let the mad find wisdom in their madness for the sane, and let the sane be grateful.""Is that a famous saying?""Maybe if I say it often enough.” - Clive Barker

19. “After my first few tastes I was pretty much hooked. I'd have dry spells, months without any or only piddling amounts of grace, but I never forgot about it or stopped wanting it.” - Mark Vonnegut

20. “Having their feelings make sense is how people get their kicks.” - Mark Vonnegut

21. “Di zaman edan ini, siapa yang tidak frustrasi? Kalau kamu ikutkan perasaanmu, kamu akan gila. Tetapi, semua orang memang sudah gila. Kamu tidak akan menjadi istimewa karena menjadi gila.” - Putu Wijaya

22. “But, gee," the other nurse says, "what on earth would MAKE a man want to do something like disrupt the ward for, Miss Ratched? What possible motive...?""You seem to forget, MISS Flinn, that this is an institution for the insane.” - Ken Kesey

23. “... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]” - Anne Lamott

24. “Maybe he’s normal and we’re the crazy ones. Maybe everyone should talk to themselves. Maybe we’re all just afraid of what we’d say.” - Katie Kacvinsky

25. “Whoever's calm and sensible is insane!” - Rumi

26. “The only walls that talk, are the white ones.” - Anthony Liccione

27. “The conundrum of sanity and insanity, is that it serves us to be some of each. It's really only a question of degrees. You cannot possibly be 100% adjusted and live in this INSANE world. A little bit of crazy is a coping skill.” - Kelli Jae Baeli

28. “Blankets make great traps for the clinically insane, but a straightjacket might work better.” - Nicole McKay

29. “... insanity is never reasonable.” - E.A. Bucchianeri

30. “And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously, "Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!” - Charles Baudelaire

31. “Do you have any idea how mad you sound?’‘Indeed I do. I have in moments of doubt considered the question of my sanity.’ (...)‘And?’‘Then I consider what a piece of work is man. How defective in reason, how mean his facilities, how ugly in form and movement, in action how like a devil, in apprehension how like a cow. The beauty of the world? The paragon of animals? To me the quintessence of dust.” - Paul Hoffman

32. “...I see more pathology in others than I did ten years ago - the older I get, the more insane people seem...” - John Geddes

33. “And I saw my reflection in a lake and I waited for it to freeze a little bit so I could break it with my boot.” - Sam Pink

34. “If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder.
” - Dark Jar Tin Zoo

35. “You drive me fucking insane sometimes." I drove myself fucking insane.” - Jennifer L. Armentrout

36. “When I took the pills, I wanted to kill someone I hated. I didn't know that other Veronikas existed inside me, Veronikas that I could love.” - Paulo Coelho

37. “One secret of life is that the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. Another secret is that laughter is carbonated holiness” - Anne Lamott