“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.”
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“I wear my sunglasses. Keeps you on one side and me on the other.”
― Black Coffee Blues
― Black Coffee Blues
“I live in my head. It’s the only place I can go where everybody knows me.”
― Black Coffee Blues
― Black Coffee Blues
“I very much enjoy stating that I have never had a drink of alcohol or a toke of any recreational drug in my life. What I don’t state is that I will never have a drink of alcohol or a toke of any recreational drug in my life. I can report on the past, but I’m reluctant to predict the future. The hippies were right about fresh vegetables and staying away from fast food, so maybe they’re right about LSD. What the fuck do I know? I don’t even trust myself completely on the past. I remember things wrong all the time. I’m not willing to say I’m never going to do recreational heroin, so I’m sure as shooting not going to close the Big Mac door forever.”
― Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
― Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
“In the old free days all I wanted was a sharp sword and a straight path to my enemies. Now no paths are straight and my sword is useless.”
― Conan: The Barbarian complete collection
― Conan: The Barbarian complete collection
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