Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONNever turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.
More Hunter S. Thompson Quotes
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There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.
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It was one of those fine little love stories that can make you smile in your sleep at night.
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In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone.
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I need beaches, and blackness, and moonlit nakedness.
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I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.
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Writing is the flip side of sex – it’s good only when it’s over.
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The most important thing a writer can have [is] the ability to live with the constant loneliness and a strong sense of revulsion for the banalities of everyday socializing.
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Insanity is a legal term. Crazy is an art form.
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Those who fail to learn from the brutal stompings visited on them in the past are doomed to be brutally stomped in the future.
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With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree.
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Freedom, Truth, Honour, you could rattle off a hundred such words and behind every one of them would gather a thousand punks, pompous little farts, waving the banner with one hand and reaching under the table with the other.
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Wake up and ponder the future.
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On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.
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Never fire a warning shot. It is a waste of ammunition.
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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.
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