Lisette

“If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman.”
― Socrates

“I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

“To learn what we fear is to learn who we are.”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander