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Insanity • 1: a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as schizophrenia) 2: such unsoundness of mind or lack of understanding as prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or as removes one from criminal or civil responsibility 3 a: extreme folly or unreasonableness b: something utterly foolish or unreasonable
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in the human situation.” --Graham Greene
“Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence” –Edgar Allan Poe
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Most of us have control over our minds, however, there are a few without this ability, giving them the ability of thinking, dreaming, and viewing life differently. • Insanity is more than crazy; it is artistic, creative, and genius. Some might say insanity is a gift.
WorksCited • "insanity." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009. Merriam-Webster Online. 30 January 2009 http://www.merriam-webster.com /dictionary /insanity • Poe, Edgar Allan. Think Exist: Finding Quotations was never this Easy. 2006. “Edgar Allan Poe Quotes.” 4 February 2009 http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i_became_insane-with_long_intervals_of_horrible/324531.html • Greene, Graham. .“Quotations from Encarta.” 2008. msn encarta. 30 January 2009 http://encarta.msn.com/Path: search insanity; insanity: quotations; Human Condition.