Ken Kesey
Ken Kesey
Kenneth Elton "Ken" Keseywas an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 September 1935
CityLa Junta, CO
CountryUnited States of America
wise strong law
This world belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak. We must face up to this. No more than right that it should be this way. We must learn to accept it as a law of the natural world. The rabbits accept their role in the ritual and recognize the wolf as the strong. In defense, the rabbit becomes sly and frightened and elusive and he digs holes and hides when the wolf is about. And he endures, he goes on. He knows his place. He most certainly doesn't challenge the wolf to combat. Now, would that be wise? Would it?
strength being-strong stay-strong
You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.
inspirational wisdom humility
Take what you can use and let the rest go by.
powerful ghouls literature
When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we had discovered something as surprising and powerful as the New World when Columbus came stumbling onto it.
stars moon circles
The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon
thinking opposites people
If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.
beer swimming drunk
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 you after a day of going hard at something you enjoy doing -- half sunburned and half drunk and keeping awake only because you wanted to savor the taste as long as you could.
independence
Always stay in your own movie.
christian integrity fall
The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out. If you're a Christian, why would you want to fry this dude?
psychology looks firsts
All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.
mcmurphy doubt mind
There’s no doubt in my mind that McMurphy’s won, but I’m not sure what.
looks sometimes
Sometimes I looked at them and sometimes they looked at me, but rarely did we look at one another.
real guy black
Like a cartoon world, where the figures are flat and outlined in black, jerking through some kind of goofy story that might be real funny if it weren't for the cartoon figures being real guys...
reality stories facts
To hell with facts! We need stories.