Insanity or lack thereof

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I found myself awake in the wee hours of this morning without the ability to fall asleep again. I tried, but after an hour, gave up trying to find slumber again. I thought to maybe come online but abandoned that idea in lieu of finishing the book I was reading. I have edited this discussion as I found myself providing relevant information, but rambling on all the same. Since my reason for this discussion isn't necessarily the book itself, I will simply leave a link to the book and let you decide for yourself whether you want to read it. I will, however, say that there are a few glaring errors between the book itself and what the synopsis suggests. You should still give it a try if it interests you. There was a quote within that I highlighted on my kindle and will share with you now. "Those who are truly crazy are quick to deny that they possess any mental illness, and quick to proclaim their sanity." This line struck me as being very powerful and fitting for the theme of the book. The book is based on and around an Asylum that shut it's doors nearly a half century ago. The line was written in a journal that belonged to the doctor whom attended the many patients within. I found the line to - atleast in my opinion - accurately describe the mindset of the doctor's of that era and the era's previously. Little to nothing was known about disorders of the mind in those days. Couple that with the fact that many patients within an asylums walls were placed there because of abandonment by their loved ones, and not for any real sickness... Well you get my point. I can imagine the denials and pleas that fell on deaf ears. The women and men who might have begged and pleaded for release, and whom claimed complete lucidity in the presence of those whose sanity had left them. I can also imagine that their knee jerk, fear laced reactions would not be too dis-similar from those that a true lunatic might have. So yes, that line really does sum up the ignorance, albeit unknowingly, these doctors and nurses would have had in those days. Anyone exhibiting actions that were inappropriate in that time's social standards would have been fuel enough... What say you?