“I lay in bed the night before the fishing trip and thought it over, about my being deaf, about the years of not letting on I heard what was said, and I wonder if I can ever act any other way again. But I remembered one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf; it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“It's fogging a little, but I won't slip off and hide in it. No...never again...”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“I don't think you fully understand the public, my friend; in this country, when something is out of order, then the quickest way to get it fixed is the best way.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“This world… belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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