Insanity (Insanity, #1)

by Cameron Jace

I wonder if evolution wasn't from ape to man, but from insane to sane.

One of the privileges of not knowing who you are is that you can pretend to be anyone you like.

"Questions. Questions. Questions. Don't you ever learn that questions don't ever get answered unless I ask them?" he says. "Questions are the lazy man's way to try to learn, when the only way to learn is not to ask."

The most common trait in insane people is that they think they aren't insane. According to the Pillar's nonsensical logic, we're all insane. The only way to survive insanity is to admit it.

He always thought it a physiological defect of his kind to eat something they hated.

"Mirrors show truth sometimes. Your mind is suppressing one, and it's my job to show it to you, so you know where you stand. A strong and brave heart isn't enough. A true heart, no matter how much the truth hurts, is the strongest of all."

"Do you know what the name 'Alice' means? It means 'the truth.'

Sometimes truth comes along with a little pain. The pain will subside eventually, and the truth shall remain.

When she was sane, she was very, very sane. And when she was mad, she was Alice.