I think everyone that knew Kesey knew him differently. Maybe that’s true about all larger than life people, or it may be that

I think everyone that knew Kesey knew him differently. Maybe that’s true about all larger than life people, or it may be that no one really ever knows them at all—we just have experiences near them and claim them as our own. We say their names and wish that something intimate is coming out of our mouths. But intimacy isn’t like in the books or movies.

_The Chronology of Water | Lidia Yuknavitch_

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