On the other hand, "the primary objective of every sane social order is to banish fear … from human life".
It's a problem all too familiar to the heroine of my novel Poppy Shakespeare, who must prove she is sane in order to escape the system that has entrapped her, though a quirk of the benefits system ensures she must first prove she is mad in order to do so.
No sane society can survive if the state, however fair, however free, cannot enforce order and hold a monopoly on legitimate violence.
Finally she strapped her toddler securely in his chair and confronted Chester with a nine-inch bread knife held behind her back: Act sane, she ordered him, or leave.
The rest of the officers are more sane but their orders little better.
Until recently, it seemed that Victoria was the only dead-eyed succubus amassing strategic weapons, reality shows and dinner dates with infrequently sane movie stars in order to establish a West Coast power base.
Alvarenga let his imagination run wild in order to keep sane.
Not long into his first year at law school, Mr. Desiato said, he realized he needed a creative outlet "in order to stay sane".
Balancing both worlds was a necessary part of my development; it was what I felt I needed to do in order to stay sane.
