Ken Kesey quotes

Ken Kesey was an American novelist and countercultural figure, best known for his novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." His work became a cornerstone of 1960s American literature and influenced the development of the psychedelic movement. He led the Merry Pranksters and helped shape the era's social and artistic experimentation. Here are 155 of his quotes:

You can't really be strong until you can see a funny side things. (Ken Kesey)
People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense. View quote
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Take what you can use and let the rest go by. View quote
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But it's the truth even if it didn't happen. View quote
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You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you. View quote
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I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph. View quote
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He who marches out of line hears another drum. View quote
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Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again, just by being around him and talking. View quote
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Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing. View quote
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The man who seeks revenge digs two graves. View quote
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People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in. (Ken Kesey)
To hell with facts! We need stories! View quote
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Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power. Think of it: perhaps the more insane a man is, the more powerful he could become. Hitler an example. Fair makes the old brain reel, doesn't it? View quote
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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. View quote
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You can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed. View quote
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All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down. View quote
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Plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. View quote
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LSD lets you in on something. When you're tripping, the idea of race disappears; the idea of sex disappears; you don't even know what species you are sometimes. And I don't know of anybody who hasn't come back from that being more humane, more thoughtful, more understanding. View quote
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When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we had discovered something as surprising and powerful as the New World when Columbus came stumbling onto it. View quote
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He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy. View quote
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That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me them; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted. (Ken Kesey)
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. View quote
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They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed. View quote
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No, my friend. We are lunatics from the hospital up the highway, psycho-ceramics, the cracked pots of mankind. Would you like me to decipher a Rorschach for you? View quote
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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. View quote
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Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey - Image
Occupation: American Author
Born: September 17, 1935
Died: November 10, 2001
Quotes count: 155
Wikipedia: Ken Kesey

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