A Madness So Discreet

by Mindy McGinnis

And once we are convinced of something, no matter how ludicrous, it becomes a fact.

It’s an unfortunate side effect of matrimony that the majority of people killed participating in it were brought to that pass by their other half.”

“We are, all of us, the sum total of our life experience,

the insane are simply people who have chosen not to participate in the world in the same manner as the majority, and there are days I wonder if they’ve got the right of it.”

we’re all quite mad. Some of us are just more discreet about it.”

There is more to you than beauty. There is more to you than strength. There is more to you than intelligence. You are a whole person, and I would have you treat yourself as such.

“Meanwhile I’ll be taking a meal with a man I detest, surrounded by people who want to make small talk and wear evening clothes. I may end the night as a patient and not an employee.”

It’s a madness so discreet that it can walk the streets and be applauded in some circles, but it is madness nonetheless.”