Nurse Ratched Quotes

“You were made to bring happiness. You are alive in ways we are not. You are soft and fragile. But you are complex and disturbing and sometimes foolishly brilliant.”
― T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

“I'll k-kill you."
A big, pink heart appeared on her screen. "I am old enough to be your motherboard. Please do not flirt with me if you do not mean it.”
― T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

“I see he had his shorts on under the towel all along.
I think for a fact that she'd rather he'd of been stark naked under that towel than had on those shorts. She's glaring at those big white whales leaping round on his shorts in pure wordless outrage.”
― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

“She beeped rudely at him. "I have noted in your file that you are refusing medical assistance against my advice. If you die during the night, your surviving family will not be able to bring a lawsuit against me."

He laughed wildly. "You're my surviving family."

"Oh. Well. Engaging Empathy Protocol. That was very nice of you to say. You are wonderful. Disengaging Empathy Protocol. Idiot. I am going to sleep now. Do not bother me unless you are on fire. Even then, I will do little to help you." She plugged herself in next to Rambo and was silent.”
― T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

“Frontal lobe castration. I guess if she can't cut below the belt she'll do it above the eyes.”
― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest