Theodore RoethkeWhat is madness but nobility of the soul at odds with circumstance.
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Madness is good thing. It is the nobility of the soul at odds with circumstance. If you are crazy, you are not normal. But you are not insane. You are sane in your own way. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Source: The Collected Poems
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