I can see the…seams where they’re put together. And, almost… - Ken Kesey

" "
I can see the…seams where they’re put together. And, almost, see the apparatus inside them take the words I just said and try to fit the words in here and there, this place and that, and when they find the words don’t have any place ready-made where they’ll fit, the machinery disposes of the words like they weren’t even spoken.

Ken Kesey

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About Ken Kesey

Kenneth Elton Kesey (17 September 1935 – 10 November 2001) was an American writer, most famous for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as a cultural icon whom some consider a link between the "beat generation" of the 1950s and the "hippies" of the 1960s as a founding member of the Merry Pranksters.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Kenneth Kesey • Kenneth Elton Kesey • Ken Elton Kesey • Ken E. Kesey • O. U. Levon

All quotes from Ken Kesey Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Ken Kesey:

Stephen King Terry Pratchett John Steinbeck Philip K. Dick Margaret Atwood

Additional quotes by Ken Kesey

Ting. Tingle, tingle, tremble toes,
She’s a good fisherman, catches hens, puts ‘em inna pens
Wire blier, limber lock, three geese inna flock
One flew east, one flew west
One flew over the cuckoo’s nest
O-U-T- spells out… goose swoops down and plucks you out.

"What worries me, Billy," she said — I could hear the change in her voice — "is how your mother is going to take this."

He's what he is, that's it. Maybe that makes him strong enough, being what he is.

I can see the…seams where they’re put together. And, almost, see the apparatus inside them take the words I just said and try to fit the words in her… - Ken Kesey

About Ken Kesey

Also Known As

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by Ken Kesey

Try QuoteGPT