923 – “That’s the best revenge of all: happiness. Nothing drives people crazier than seeing someone have a good fucking life.”

-Chuck Palahniuk [Attributed]

749 – “The worst thing is to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive. ‘I don’t understand this person. So they’re crazy.’ That’s bullshit. These people are not crazy. They’re strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick.”

–Dave Chappelle

680 – “Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.”

–anonymous

389 – “We continue to favor the outlandish explanation over the simple one; we are more readily deceived by a great deception… than by a modest one. … We like to lose ourselves in a cause, to ground our private hurts in public outrages. We do not like for others to refute our beliefs any more than we like them to deny our hallucinations.”

–Stacy Schiff

Note: The parts cut from this quote do not alter the meaning, rather they serve as context to the article it was written in and make little sense without the article. However, you can read the full quote under Source Notes and judge for yourselves.

274 – “Sometimes it’s to your advantage for people to think you’re crazy.”

–Thelonious Monk

161 – “I prefer to be crazy and happy rather than normal and bitter.”

–Paulo Coelho