Quotes From "Asylum" By Kathryn Orzech

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God judges men from the inside out; men judge men from the outside in. Perhaps to God, an extreme mental patient is doing quite well in going a month without murder, for he fought his chemical imbalance and succeeded; oppositely, perhaps the healthy, able and stable man who has never murdered in his life yet went a lifetime consciously, willingly never loving anyone but himself may then be subject to harsher judgment than the extreme mental patient. It might be so that God will stand for the weak and question the strong. Criss Jami
Being bored is the price we pay for not being...
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Being bored is the price we pay for not being insane. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
When one finds oneself in the kind of strange, unsettling...
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When one finds oneself in the kind of strange, unsettling circumstances as I presently find myself, it is only natural, after all, to have a few, unusual, vivid dreams. M.D. Elster
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The hours wear on, while the surreal atmosphere of the asylum does not wear off. M.D. Elster
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Tthe thing is, Dr. Foster…the truth is, I like Marina.” He eyed the doctor. “And I actually don’t like you very much.” Oh, it was worth it. God, it was worth it. To see the perennially calm face turn pale, only slightly, but still pale; to see him blink away the hurt in his watery, pallid blue eyes. Amelia Mangan
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Soon enough the tears came but of course nobody came down to see if she was all right, it was just the slut in the kitchen who'd ruined their lives, getting drunk of neat gin and howling for her lost lunatic offer. Patrick McGrath
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Racism in impenetrable. Staying in America means always fighting. For our own sanity and safety, we must go. Darnell Lamont Walker
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But the nightmare was a strange comfort to me; in it, I found a sense of escape, and were it possible to go live in that nightmare, I would have, bizzare though that may sound. M.D. Elster
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Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly. John Lydon