How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Quote #7
McMurphy: Jesus, I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this.
McMurphy is constantly frustrated by life inside the mental hospital. It's not being confined that annoys him so much, but the total inability to get the other patients to understand what he's trying to say to them. We're not sure what he was expecting, though.
Quote #8
Nurse Ratched: So I'd like to keep him on the ward. I think we can help him.
When given the chance to get rid of McMurphy, Nurse Ratched insists that the hospital keep him around. She's not going to be satisfied until she wins the mental war against McMurphy and gets him to behave like a nice little boy.
Quote #9
Doctor: They think you've been faking it in order to get out of your work detail.
The head doctor at the mental hospital wonders if McMurphy is just faking craziness to get out of his work at the prison. If that's the case, then McMurphy is just a lazy (albeit crafty) dude and not crazy at all.