“It was a house for those who could not take care of themselves, for those who heard voices, who had strange thoughts and did strange things. The house was meant to keep them in. Once they came, they never left.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“In a mad world only the mad are sane.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“If someone tells you you're crazy enough times, eventually it becomes true. It's that old psychiatrist's joke: insanity's all in your head.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“Even in his sleep he couldn't escape.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“There is, I think, a way in which my ideas can live forever. All men seek immortality in their own way, either through a legacy of children carrying their name and genetic material, through architecture, through science, and this now is simply my search for a legacy like no other." - Asylum, Madeleine Roux”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“Sometimes, Dan, friends have to take a stand and say:
Hey, idiot, we’re here for you no matter what. We’re not
going to disappear when you get grumpy or angry, we’re in
this for the long haul. We’re in this for each other.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“I wish this were just a nightmare that we could wake up from.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“A truly great life. That is what humanity deserves. Not an average life, not even a normal one-a life in which genius is not an anomaly but an expectation. But to achieve such things”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“As much as he liked the idea of having best friends with whom he could share anything. it was like all he knew how to be was alone, apart.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“He was many things right now. and he felt like he was being pulled in a million conflicting directions.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“Abby's eyes seemed almost as vacant as those of the girl in the photograph. Then a shiver came over her and she blinked. Gently, almost affectionately, she put the picture back on the wall. She touched it one last time and said, "Poor little bird. I wonder if she ever escaped her cage.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“They built it out of stone—dark gray stone, pried loose from the unforgiving mountains. It was a house for those who could not take care of themselves, for those who heard voices, who had strange thoughts and did strange things. The house was meant to keep them in. Once they came, they never left.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“They are walking the line between genius and insanity.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“It was a fight against the madness, he felt like he was losing. Maybe he already had...”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“Q: How do you kill a hydra?
A: You strike at its heart.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“The cursor changed to the spinning wheel of sadness.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“A truly great life. That is what humanity deserves. Not an average life, not even a normal one—a life in which genius is not an anomaly but an expectation.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“The thing about memories was, you never could control when they came up again.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“The house was meant to keep them in. Once they came, they never left.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“No deberías desperdiciar tu vida soñando con otra diferente”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“If this was a fight against madness, he felt like he was losing. Maybe he already had.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“La locura es relativa. Depende de quién tiene a quién encerrado en qué jaula.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“En un mundo loco, solo los locos están cuerdos.”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
“La cuestión con los recuerdos es que nunca puedes controlar cuándo volverán a aparecer”
― Madeleine Roux, quote from Asylum
Madeleine Roux
Born place: in The United States
Born date June 12, 1985
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“I have suffered into truth (...) Time refines all things that age with time”
― Aeschylus, quote from The Oresteia
“How could you miss it? Just the sound of her voice makes my chest feel tight, my face gets hot and my mouth goes dry whenever she's near. It's getting so bad, all I have to do is see her and I'm already thinking, 'What does she want? What can I do for her?' She's got some power over me, there's no question, and what else could it be?
~Razo”
― Shannon Hale, quote from River Secrets
“Then the whole range, much nearer now, paled into fresh splendor; a full moon rose, touching each peak in succession like some celestial lamplighter, until the long horizon glittered against a blue-black sky.”
― James Hilton, quote from Lost Horizon
“I’m hungry,” Jason grumbled as he stared at the empty plates on his small
coffee table.
Brad groaned, “You practically ate both plates of cookies. How in the hell are
you hungry?”
Jason shrugged leaning back in his chair to watch the game. “I just am.
Leave me the hell alone I’m a growing boy, damn it!”
“Yeah, a growing thirty-one year old boy,” Brad mumbled.
“I’m still growing damn it so shut the hell up and feed me!”
“Order something and stop bitching!” Brad snapped.
“You order something. I’m too weak to move.”
― R.L. Mathewson, quote from Playing for Keeps
“I'm Keith," he said, "and you're . . . clearly mad, but what's your name?”
― Maureen Johnson, quote from 13 Little Blue Envelopes
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