Lewis Carroll

1865 · Oxford, England

‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked. ‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the Cat: ‘we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.’

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 6

In the same thread

1841 · Concord, Massachusetts, USA

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men,--that is genius.

"Self-Reliance," in Essays: First Series

1808 · Frankfurt, Germany · Weimar

Two souls, alas, live in my breast, and each wants to tear itself from the other.

Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust, Die eine will sich von der andern trennen

Faust, Part One, "Before the City Gate"

1883 · Germany · Switzerland · Italy

I say to you: one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

Ich sage euch: man muss noch Chaos in sich haben, um einen tanzenden Stern gebären zu können.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, prologue