“A great deal of phenomenal experience has fostered in me a flexibility of the mind and imagination that some might call madness”

“I have learned a great deal from novels. Some of it is even true.”

“Her mother said that three great powers kept the universe going. The first and the strongest was God. Each of the two additional powers was as strong as the other: love and imagination. OF the three, God and love were always good. Imagination, however, could be good or bad. Mozart imagined great music into existence. Hitler imagined death camps and built them. Imagination was so powerful that you had to be careful because you could imagine things into existence that you might regret, Everything in the universe was an idea before it was real.”

“Imagination was so powerful that you had to be careful because you could imagine things into existence that you might regret.”

“...in an infinite universe, anything that could be imagined might somewhere exist.”

“although we universally celebrate imagination, it is in fact a power that can uplift us and save us --- or as easily demean and destroy us. Mozart imagined great music. Hitler imagined death camps and built them.”

“From time to time, I do consider that I might be mad. Like any self-respecting lunatic, however, I am always quick to dismiss any doubts about my sanity.”