For all our mutual experience Our separate conclusions are the same Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity Our reason coexists with our insanity But we choose between reality and madness It's either sadness or euphoria

Billy Joel
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In this quote from the book, The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath shows us that the human experience is beyond what we understand. We can observe our own behavior and know how to explain our actions but we cannot comprehend the total experience of being human. It is not that we are crazy or insane but that we are in our own way. We are trapped in our own world of thoughts and ideas yet we believe it to be real.

Source: Billy Joel: Turnstiles

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