The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason.

Are we, then, insane because we have not gone mad?

The techniques of kitsch, which are based on imitation, are rational and operate according to formulas; the remain rational even when their result has a highly irrational, even crazy, quality.

A kitsch novel describes the world not as it really is, but as it is hoped and feared to be.

Although every man believes that his decisions and resolutions involve the most multifarious factors, in reality they are mere oscillation between flight and longing.

No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.

The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason.