Saris' Tightrope

[Alfred Rhazi]

I'll just leave this here:

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They say there's a fine line between madness and genius. When you get as high up as I am, that line becomes a tightrope. Lean too far left, and you will become deluded, overconfident, deranged. And then you will fall, and feel the hellish burn of too much madness with too little intelligence to back it up and control it. Lean too far right, though, and you will become overly-meticulous, small-minded, unimaginative. And then you will fall, and feel the icy chill of too much intelligence with too little madness to give it life and flavour.

And thus, as I walk this tightrope of mine, I lean just a little to the left: for I know that keeping your soul but losing your mind is greatly preferable to keeping your mind but losing your soul. Most madmen, at least, know that they are mad; but every soulless drone I have met is utterly convinced that there is nothing wrong with them.

-Saris

[Verbal Mike]

Nice metaphor you got thar.
Where's this from?