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Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

“It would be superfluous to drive us mad, my dear Watson”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, was a renowned Scottish physician and writer. He is best known for his creation of the Sherlock Holmes series of detective novels, which have had a profound impact on the development of detective fiction and played a crucial role in shaping modern detective culture. more

“One of the most distinctive features of psychosis is its dynamic of externalization. Madness is experienced as being enacted on the subject from without; a person perceives his own unintegrated psychological contents as outer-world creatures and demons who threaten to engulf and physically destroy him. The barriers between inner and outer, subject and object, dissolve so entirely that no boundary remains to protect the ego from the onslaught of this projected unconscious material.”

Ego Madness Projection

Author:Victoria Nelson

“Y así es como funciona el mundo que nos rodea. Si insistiese en decirle la verdad a la cara, eso significaría que me lo tomo en serio. Y tomarse en serio algo tan poco serio significa perder la seriedad. Yo, hermano, tengo que mentir si no quiero tomarme en serio a los locos y convertirme yo mismo en uno de los locos.”

Truth Madness

Book:Laughable Loves

Source: Laughable Loves

“Boasting about badness without actively involving in badness is mere madness.”

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Book:The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

Source: The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“Blackmail threats are e-mails from madmen.”