I don't seem able to get it straight in my mind.... - Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

"The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon"

"They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed."

"Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing."

"But he won’t let the pain blot out the humor no more’n he’ll let the humor blot out the pain."

"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! But, please. It’s still hard for me to have a clear mind thinking on it. But it’s the truth even if it didn’t happen."