Chief Bromden

"In the end, we're all just trying to survive."

"I'm not saying they're not just as powerful, but they are different. It's just hard to talk about."

"Sometimes it's a hard world to live in. All you do is what you think you're supposed to do."

"Everybody crazy but me."

"That's the way it goes. It's a world where you're supposed to be afraid all the time."

"He knows that you have to be a lot smarter than you look to be a guy and get away with the things he does."

"The real horror is the possibility of losing yourself."

"You learn to live with the shame."

"The Combine controls everything around us."

"You can't fight the system alone."

"The medication keeps you numb to everything."

"We're prisoners in here, just like anywhere else."

"Nobody's going to help you but yourself."

"You can't change the system from within."

"Fear is what keeps people in line."

"That's how they keep control."

"You learn to see through the lies."

"Life goes on, whether you're ready or not."

"We're all crazy nuts, but some of us hide it better than others."

"The Combine is out there, and it's waiting."

"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose."

"That control panel's connected to something bigger than all of us."

"The system's designed to break your spirit before it breaks your body."

"The fog descends when they want us sleeping."

"The real sickness here is the system, not us."

"The strongest man here is the one who knows he's weak."

"The Combine is what we're all fightin', and it's a hard fight because you can't put your fingers on it."

"She's a natural talker—a therapeutic talker."

"We are the Combine's most successful product—men with all our edges worn off."

"The Combine doesn't allow for mistakes or imperfection."