One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Important Quotes

. Five Quotations
“I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it. Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bull-fighters.” (Hemingway 18)
“You see, Mr. Barnes, it is because I have lived very much that I now can enjoy everything so well” (Hemingway 67).
“In the Basque country the land all looks very rich and green and the houses and villages look well-off clean...every way you looked there were other [gorgeous] mountains” (Hemingway 97-99).
“I say. Really you don't know how much it means. I've not had much fun since the war…we have had such a jolly good time.” (Hemingway 134)
“Don't know why I get so nervy in church...Never does me any good...I’m damned bad for a religious atmosphere (Hemingway 212).

Robert Cohn, writer and friend of Jake, who struggles to find genuine love in a war-torn society.
Georgette, a woman that Jake meets at a cafe, but he abandons after losing interest, helping portray the failure and lack of love in the novel.
Lady Brett Ashley, the attractive friend of Jake, who serves as many of the novel’s male character’s love interest.
Harvey Stone, Jakes’ gambling friend, who is fully expressive of mind at all times.
Frances Clyne, the unsatisfied second wife of Robert, who serves in conjunction with Robert as one of the unsuccessful romantic relationships of the time period.
Count Mippipopolous, a veteran with an extensive military background, who remains content and serene throughout life, helping contrast with the sullen younger generation.
Wilson Harris, an English WWI veteran, who meets and bonds with Jake and Bill over their time in the war
Bill Gorton, an American writer and friend of Jake, who uses dark humor and bluntness as coping mechanism to relate with other members of his generation.
Mike Campbell, a WWI veteran as well as an acquaintance of Jake, who like many other men in the novel, lusts after Brett for her open