“We'd just shared the last beer and slung the empty can out the window at a stop sign and were just waiting back to get the feel of the day, swimming in that kind of tasty drowsiness that comes over you after a day of going hard at something you enjoy doing -- half sunburned and half drunk and keeping awake only because you wanted to savor the taste as long as you could.”
Ken Kesey“You're making sense, old man, a sense of your own. You're not crazy the way they think. Yes...I see...”
Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest“I don't seem able to get it straight in my mind....”
Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest“There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.”
Ken Kesey“The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.”
Ken Kesey“Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself.”
Ken Kesey“It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached a certain point, but we're not moving any more.”
Ken Kesey“The Grateful Dead are our religion. This is a religion that doesn't pay homage to the God that all the other religions pay homage to.”
Ken Kesey“Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love at all.”
Ken Kesey