“Which is just another way of blaming, and perhaps the best way, because there is solace and a certain stoical peace in blaming everything on the rain, and then blaming something as uncontrollable as the rain on something as indifferent as the Arm of the Lord.Because nothing can be done about the rain except blaming. And if nothing can be done about it, why get yourself in a sweat about it?”
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