Ken Kesey Quotes about Hurt

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There've been a lot more people hurt on astro-turf than grass.

There've been a lot more people hurt on astro-turf than grass.

Ken Kesey

Hurt, People, Grass

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No, that nurse ain't some kinda monster chicken, buddy, what she is is a ball-cutter. I've seen a thousand of 'em, old and young, men and women. Seen 'em all over the country and in the homes- people who try to make you weak so they can get you to toe the line, to follow their rules, to live like they want you to. And the best way to do this, to get you to knuckle under, is to weaken you by gettin' you where it hurts the worst.

Ken Kesey

Country, Hurt, Home

Ken Kesey (2016). “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest”, p.31, Hamilton Books

Because he knows 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. He knows there's a painful side; he knows my thumb smarts and his girlfriend has a bruised breast and the doctor is losing his glasses, but he won't let the pain blot out the humor no more'n he'll let the humor blot out the pain.

Ken Kesey

Running, Girlfriend, Hurt

Ken Kesey (2016). “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest”, p.128, Hamilton Books