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What we hoped was that we could stop the coming end of the world.

— Ken Kesey Trip of a Lifetime (1999)

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I believe that with the advent of acid, we discovered a new way to think, and it has to do with piecing together new thoughts in your mind.

the BBC documentary The Beyond Within: The Rise and Fall of LSD (1987)

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)

I'm so crazy I plan to vote for Eisenhower again this November.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)

But if they don't exist, how can a man see them?

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)

We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we’re in the present, but we aren’t. The present we know is only a movie of the past.

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968)

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Life doesn't end just because someone leaves.

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.

Helen Keller Optimism (1903)

Always believe in your dreams, because if you don't, you'll still have hope.

Mahatma Gandhi

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Václav Havel Disturbing the Peace (1986)

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