The normal is that which nobody quite is. If you listen to seemingly dull people very closely, you'll see that they're all mad in different and interesting ways, and are merely struggling to hide it.

We all see only that which we are trained to see.

If you want to become a concert pianist, do it every day. You want to be a writer, do it every day. You want to become depressed, think depressing thoughts every day. You want to become an optimist, think a cheerful thought every day. Do it every day.

Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

We have been told over and over that "you can't change human nature", but the study of emic realities shows quite the contrary, that almost anything can become "human nature" if society defines it as such.

Size is not a reality, but a construct of the mind; and space a construct to contain constructs.

Editors always amputate the brain first and preserve a good-looking corpse.