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"I was in no hurry. This place was peaceful, now that the crowd had thinned out, but it was close enough to the chaos that we could join it anytime we wanted."

Thompson, Hunter S.. The Rum Diary: A Novel (p. 142). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

"No matter how much I wanted all those things that I needed money to buy, there was some devilish current pushing me off in another direction—toward anarchy and poverty and craziness. That maddening delusion that a man can lead a decent life without hiring himself out as a Judas Goat."

Thompson, Hunter S.. The Rum Diary: A Novel (p. 134). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

“Damn,” I said. “Business must be falling off. The man’s a jackass.”

Thompson, Hunter S.. The Rum Diary: A Novel (p. 103). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

'He shook his fist at me and spoke as if he were uttering his last words: “Somebody has to fight it, Kemp—they’re taking over. These wineheads are taking over the world. If the press goes under, we’re sunk—you understand that?” I nodded.'

Thompson, Hunter S.. The Rum Diary: A Novel (p. 66). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

"He was so much on top of things that I suspected that he had lost sight of the line between business and conspiracy."

Thompson, Hunter S.. The Rum Diary: A Novel (p. 52). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

"Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right."

Thompson, Hunter S.. The Rum Diary: A Novel (p. 6). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.