We were simply, insanely, and also calmly happy.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
You must remember, Peter, that her life has been very different to yours-" He wished that she would not repeat herself; he wished that she would not always use the same level voice; he wanted insanely to tell her that she ought to say "different from"-he could not take his eyes from the brooch.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
Why, I often composed it for him; yes, I, for he would sit and moon away at the piano, insanely wasting his ideas, while I would force him to repeat a phrase, repeat it, polish it, alter it and so on until the fabric of the composition was complete.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker