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Ken Kesey

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Kenneth Elton Kesey (; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was 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.

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Quotes from Ken Kesey

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love at all.

—Ken Kesey

Ritual is necessary for us to know anything. You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you.

—Ken Kesey

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.

—Ken Kesey

There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.

—Ken Kesey

The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.

—Ken Kesey

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

—Ken Kesey