“Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only real cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The captivating memoir of countercultural journalism and social commentary
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The captivating memoir of countercultural journalism and social commentary
“A natural street freak, just eating whatever came by.”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The captivating memoir of countercultural journalism and social commentary
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The captivating memoir of countercultural journalism and social commentary
“Like most others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. At the same time, I shared a dark suspicion that the life we were leading was a lost cause, that we were all actors, kidding ourselves along on a senseless odyssey. It was the tension between these two poles - a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other - that kept me going.”
― The Rum Diary
― The Rum Diary
“leave the other stuff to Life”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The captivating memoir of countercultural journalism and social commentary
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The captivating memoir of countercultural journalism and social commentary
“Happy," I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never quite understood. Most people who deal in words don’t have much faith in them and I am no exception – especially the big ones like Happy and Love and Honest and Strong. They are too elusive and far to relative when you compare them to sharp, mean little words like Punk and Cheap and Phony. I feel at home with these, because they’re scrawny and easy to pin, but the big ones are tough and it takes either a priest or a fool to use them with any confidence.”
― The Rum Diary
― The Rum Diary
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