Libba BrayWho but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren't we all just a little crazy?
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Who but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren't we all just a little crazy? is a quote from the movie A Beautiful Mind . The story follows Dr. John Forbes Nash as he discovers and solves famous mathematician and physicist John Nash's (Russell Crowe) life-long and devastating illness and madness. As Dr.
Nash tries to figure out what is wrong with John, he finds that there is more to his patient than meets the eye. Dr. Nash finds himself banned from seeing John, which frustrates him to no end. He tries everything to break through his patient's walls, but nothing works.
He even resorts to extreme measures by throwing him in a mental hospital against John's will, all in an attempt to discover the truth about John's condition. Dr. Nash finally finds out that John was slowly but surely losing his mind and thought processes due to schizophrenia and hearing voices and seeing things and feeling things that weren't really there. The quotes above sum up what happens in A Beautiful Mind . Dr.
Nash finds that there is something special about John and that he loves him as if he were his own son despite his mental instability. This is an amazing thing as it shows how love can overcome everything as it gives strength as well as hope so the person can overcome the illness they have been struggling with for so long.
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