I took my medicine, but I never outgrew my hatred.

... the role people labeled crazy are forced to play once the psychiatric system has a firm hold on them is really that of acquiescent prisoner.

As to the electro-convulsive-therapy treatments, I like Kesey's tight comment: "The thing is, no one ever wants another one."

... I was already able to perceive that only by strictly "normal" behavior could I ever hope to get out of this place ... or prevent my situation from becoming still more unpleasant.

Rule: Solitary activity is dangerous, alienating-therefore, reading or writing are undesirable; any group activity is rehabilitating.

The dread Locked Door.

... your behavior record, that unique and precarious ladder to freedom.

... patients seldom run amuck at mealtime.

Anyone can find himself suddenly in a mental hospital with more ease than one likes to imagine ...

... merely signing a "voluntary" commitment paper is like confessing to be incompetent to make any future decisions for oneself.