³I reached into McMurphy¹s nightstand and got his cap and tried it on. It was too small, and I was suddenly ashamed of trying to wear it² (271).

 

 

     "I discovered at an early age that I was---shall we be kind and say different? It's a better, more general word than the other one."

 

 

     "she got good and started by telling the group that she was shocked and dismayed by the pathetic state the ward had allowed itself to fall into"

 

 

 

     "If you don't have a reason to wake up you can loaf around in that gray zone for a long, fuzzy time, or if you want to bad enough I found you can come fighting right out of it."

 

 

³Army nurses, trying to run an army hospital. They are a little sick themselves. I sometimes think all single nurses should be fired after they reach thirty-five.²(p.234)