Quote by Cyril Connolly
A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose tha

A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossing with oneself, malignant and ungrateful, and never quite in touch with reality. – Cyril Connolly

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Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. – Cyril Connolly

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Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action. – Cyril Connolly

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Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy. – Nora Ephron

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I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane. – Waylon Jennings

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Everyone is more or less mad on one point. – Rudyard Kipling

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We are all born mad. Some remain so. – Samuel Beckett

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