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- Hunter S. Thompson
- 1971
- “No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride... and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well...
- “Too weird to live, too rare to die!” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
- “In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
- “We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers...
- 4 min
- “Who are these people, these faces? Where do they come from? They look like caricatures of used car dealers from Dallas, and sweet Jesus, there were a hell of a lot of them at 4:30 on a Sunday morning, still humping the American dream, that vision of the big winner somehow emerging from the last minute pre-dawn chaos of a stale Vegas casino.”
- “We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers… Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls.
- “As your attorney, I advise you to take a hit out of the little brown bottle in my shaving kit. You won’t need much, just a tiny taste.” - Dr. Gonzo.
- Raoul Duke: A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip.
book. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Quotes. 20 of the best book quotes from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. 01. “San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something.
Theme. All Themes. Part 1, Chapter 1 Quotes. The sporting editors had also given me $300 in cash, most of which was already spent on extremely dangerous drugs. The trunk of the car looked like a mobile police narcotics lab.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a 1971 novel in the gonzo journalism style by Hunter S. Thompson. The book is a roman à clef, rooted in autobiographical incidents.
- Hunter S. Thompson
- 204 pp
- 1971
- November 11, 1971 (magazine), July 7, 1972 (book)
No. We can't stop here. This is bat country. Helpful • 107 1. Raoul Duke: A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip. Helpful • 71 0.
Apr 22, 2024 · Embellished by the unparalleled performances of Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro, and deftly directed by Terry Gilliam, these quotes underscore the maverick energy, wild escapades, and biting social commentary that epitomize Hunter S. Thompson's groundbreaking tale.
