Citations:insanity


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * I well knew that if any other had communicated such a relation to me, I should have looked upon it as the ravings of insanity.
 * "As the night advanced, a fierce wind arose from the woods and quickly dispersed the clouds that had loitered in the heavens; the blast tore along like a mighty avalanche and produced a kind of insanity in my spirits that burst all bounds of reason and reflection.
 * Memory brought madness with it, and when I thought of what had passed, a real insanity possessed me; sometimes I was furious and burnt with rage, sometimes low and despondent.