Anthony RyanWhat do you think the world is if not just an endless parade of madness? To make war is madness. To seek power is madness." She laughed louder, throwing her arms wide. "And madness is glorious!
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The world is indeed an endless parade of madness; but it would make no sense to say that the world is nothing but madness. It is possible to make sense of what is madness and what is not. The most important thing about madness is that it is not meaningless. Madness does not make sense, but it makes sense of itself. Madness can tell us something about how things work, or at least how things ought to work.
Source: Queen Of Fire
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