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insane person



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Preston: I’ve go my own bags, and I am sure if they don’t recognize me as Elsbeth, they just think I’m another insane person who lives in New York City and no one cares.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Because he’s an insane person and keeps failing upward.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2023

"Please just know in these situations the insane person does not feel in control of their actions."

From Fox News Jul. 2, 2020

Written from a kind of artistic absolute zero, they scan like the announcements of an insane person or a god.

From The New Yorker Jun. 13, 2019

They had agreed that lying to a burglar wasn't wrong—it might prevent him from robbing a widow or one's own mother—the same with regard to a murderer, an insane person, or one sick unto death.

From Elsie Marley, Honey by Joslyn Gray




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