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“It all made perfect sense, and at the same time, nothing seemed to make any sense at all.” Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember
“Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.” Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
“I wanted all things To seem to make some sense, So we all could be happy, yes, Instead of tense. And I made up lies So that they all fit nice, And I made this sad world A par-a-dise.” Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.” Frank Herbert, Dune
“The senseless is the major factor in our lives. You have no chance if it is your enemy.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
“They weren’t making much sense; she decided they were having an argument as old and comfortable as an armchair, the kind of argument that no one ever really wins or loses but which can go on forever, if both parties are willing.” Neil Gaiman, Coraline
“Immodest words admit of no defense, for want of modesty is want of sense.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Examples of truths known to us by immediate consciousness, are our own bodily sensations and mental feelings. I know directly, and of my own knowledge, that I was vexed yesterday, or that I am hungry to-day.” John Stuart Mill, A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive
“Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing....” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“When you are in love, things make even more sense, he thought.” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Sir William said he never spoke of 'madness'; he called it not having a sense of proportion.” Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway
“Of all the train none escaped except Wamba, who showed upon the occasion much more courage than those who pretended to greater sense.” Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
“When I looked at you, my life made sense. Even the bad things made sense. They were necessary to make you possible.” Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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