"But, gee," the other nurse says, "what on earth would MAKE… - Ken Kesey

"But, gee," the other nurse says, "what on earth would MAKE a man want to do something like disrupt the ward for, Miss Ratched? What possible motive...?"
"You seem to forget, MISS Flinn, that this is an institution for the insane."

Ken Kesey

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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.

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

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You seem to forget, Miss Flinn, that this is an institution for the insane.

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Does the Spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?

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"But I tried though," he says. "Goddammit, I sure as hell did that much, now, didn't I?"

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