

“The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.”
― Hell's Angels
― Hell's Angels

“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of physical evidence we have that people are still thinking.”
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“When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.”
― Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
― Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72

“Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman

“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.”
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Matthew’s 2024 Year in Books
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