"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Quotes
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey explores the power struggle between a rebellious patient and a tyrannical nurse in a mental institution.
classics | 313 pages | Published in 2002
Quotes
It's the truth even if it didn't happen.
But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.
He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance.
Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power.
It's a hard thing to laugh if you can feel it all over.
Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.
I been silent so long now it's gonna roar out of me like floodwaters and you think the guy telling this is ranting and raving my God; you think this is too horrible to have really happened, this is too awful to be the truth!
It's the truth, even if it didn't happen.
The world belongs to the strong, my friend. The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak.
To hell with that. What do you think you are, for Christsake, crazy or somethin'? Well you're not! You're not! You're no crazier than the average asshole out walkin' around on the streets and that's it.
