William > William's Quotes

“I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses

“Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods' roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses

“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

“Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas ... with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

“I miss Nixon. Compared to these Nazis we have in the White House now, Richard Nixon was a flaming liberal.”
― Hunter S. Thompson