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from Kingdom of Fear

"I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as sitting at a desk writing, trying to imagine a stroy no matter how bizarre it is, as much as going out and getting into the weirdness of reality and doing a little time on The Proud Highway."

"I was sitting here all alone, thinking, for good or ill, about the Good Old Days.
We were Poor. But we were Happy. Because we knew Tricks. We were Smart. Not Crazy, like they said. (No. But they never called us late for dinner, eh?"
-letter to Jann Werner, Rolling Stone

Hunter S. Thompson