But the rest are even scared to open up and laugh. You know, that's th…

Ken Kesey
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But the rest are even scared to open up and laugh. You know, that's the first thing that got me about this place, that there wasn't anybody laughing. I haven't heard a real laugh since I came through that door, do you know that? Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing. ✨ Ken Kesey (2016). One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, p.36, Hamilton Books
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