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"No matter how much I wanted all those things that I needed money to buy, there was some devilish current pushing me off in another direction—toward anarchy and poverty and craziness. That maddening delusion that a man can lead a decent life without hiring himself out as a Judas Goat."

Thompson, Hunter S.. The Rum Diary: A Novel (p. 134). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

“Damn,” I said. “Business must be falling off. The man’s a jackass.”

Thompson, Hunter S.. The Rum Diary: A Novel (p. 103). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

'He shook his fist at me and spoke as if he were uttering his last words: “Somebody has to fight it, Kemp—they’re taking over. These wineheads are taking over the world. If the press goes under, we’re sunk—you understand that?” I nodded.'

Thompson, Hunter S.. The Rum Diary: A Novel (p. 66). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

"He was so much on top of things that I suspected that he had lost sight of the line between business and conspiracy."

Thompson, Hunter S.. The Rum Diary: A Novel (p. 52). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

"Like most of the 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 my instincts were right."

Thompson, Hunter S.. The Rum Diary: A Novel (p. 6). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.