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“Then old Pete was on his feet. “I’m tired!” was what he shouted, a strong, angry copper tone to his voice that no one had ever heard before. Everyone hushed. They were somehow ashamed. It was as if he had suddenly said something that was real and true and important and it had put all their childish hollering to shame.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“We were the coolest people in McDonald's. We had a lot going for us. We'd found the secret glue that held all things together. We were young and beautiful. We were married now. We were about to go home, get out of our monkey suits, get naked, and get wasted.”
― Candy
― Candy
“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.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood disease just to make it easier on me and also on them.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
“I discovered at an early age that I was - shall we be kind and say different? It's a better, more general word than the other one... I got sick... It was the feeling that the great, deadly pointing forefinger of society was pointing at me - and the great voice of millions chanting, "Shame. Shame. Shame." It's society's way of dealing with someone different.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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