Then the trembling starts to get worse. This must be how they begin, h…

Ken Kesey
127 citations
Then the trembling starts to get worse. This must be how they begin, he thinks. Freak-outs. Breakdowns. Crack-ups. Eventually shut-ins and finally cross-offs. But first the cover-up . . .
Thought
3

More Author Quotes

Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again, just by being around him and talking. ✨ Comes Spake the Cuckoo. Far Gone Interview with Todd Brendan Fahey, September 13, 19 … ▶
Sometimes I looked at them and sometimes they looked at me, but rarely did we look at one another. ✨ Ken Kesey (2002). One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, p.7, Penguin
We'd just shared the last beer and slung the empty can out the window at a stop sign and were just waiting back to get the feel of the day, swimming in that kind of tasty drowsiness that comes over y … ▶
I had to keep on acting deaf if i wanted to hear at all. ✨ Ken Kesey (2012). One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 50th Anniversary Edition, p.187, Penguin
For there is always a sanctuary more, a door that can never be forced, a last inviolable stronghold that can never be taken, whatever the attack; your vote can be taken, you name, you innards, or eve … ▶

Then the trembling starts to get worse. This must be how they begin, he thinks. Freak-outs. Breakdowns. Crack-ups. Eventually shut-ins and finally cross-offs. But first the cover-up . . .

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes