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" --Why are we fighting them?
--They're mad. We're sane.
--How do we know?
--That we're sane?
--Yes.
--Am I sane?
--To all appearances.
--And you, do you consider yourself sane?
--I do.
--Well, there you have it.
--But don't they also consider themselves sane?
--I think they know. Deep down. That they're not sane.
--How must that make them feel?
--Terrible, I should think. They must fight ever more fiercely, in order to deny what they know to be true. That they are not sane. "

Donald Barthelme


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Donald Barthelme quote : --Why are we fighting them?<br />--They're mad. We're sane.<br />--How do we know?<br />--That we're sane?<br />--Yes.<br />--Am I sane?<br />--To all appearances.<br />--And you, do you consider yourself sane?<br />--I do.<br />--Well, there you have it.<br />--But don't they also consider themselves sane?<br />--I think they know. Deep down. That they're not sane.<br />--How must that make them feel?<br />--Terrible, I should think. They must fight ever more fiercely, in order to deny what they know to be true. That they are not sane.