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" Madness is easy to overdramatize and thereby underestimate; it is less easy to convey its capacity to erode identity, disfigure love, and violate trust. The real horror of madness is more subtle and corrosive than its caricature. "

Kay Redfield Jamison , Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character


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Kay Redfield Jamison quote : Madness is easy to overdramatize and thereby underestimate; it is less easy to convey its capacity to erode identity, disfigure love, and violate trust. The real horror of madness is more subtle and corrosive than its caricature.