Chief Bromden

Character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest From: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Narrator; half-Native American patient believed to be deaf and mute

236 quotes

"They made us believe we needed them."
Truth
"We lose ourselves in their system."
"The fog keeps us from seeing the truth."
Truth
"I'm learning to walk tall."
"The medication is just a tool of control."
Truth
"I remember what freedom felt like."
"The walls are getting taller."
"The fog is lifting."
Hope
"I'm finally awake."
"There's no place in the world for people who are different."
"The Combine is after us all."
Power
"I been deaf since I was a little child, but I can hear a long ways off when the noise is right."
"One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo's nest."
Freedom
"You have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance."
Humor
"I'm not saying they're not just doing it because they want to. But I am saying that they're doing it."
Wisdom
"They got to you too, didn't they?"
Power
"The Combine is real. It's everywhere."
Fear
"I been silent so long the words come out like rusty nails."
"You can't fight the Combine. It's too big."
Fear
"I see the wires behind everything."
"She controls them with those eyes."
Power
"The fog makes everything unclear."
"I've been here longer than I can remember."
Time
"That fishing trip was the last free thing he ever did."
Freedom
"I can't remember my own mother's face."
"He showed us that resistance was possible."
Courage
"Sometimes I forget whether I'm hearing voices or thinking."
"I wonder if anyone out there remembers we exist."
Solitude
"I can't tell anymore what's real and what's the fog."
"I remember when I could think for myself."