Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold."

"Buy the ticket, take the ride... and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well... maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion."

"There was madness in any direction, at any hour. You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning."

"He was a freak, he was a wild man, he was a massive presence that could not be ignored—a monster of the mid-century, a head-tripping, bad-vibes junkie."

"History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of 'history' it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time—and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened."

"The only way to prepare for a trip like this is to dress like human peacocks and get loaded on every form of speed, acid, and booze we could find."

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Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) was an American author who pioneered 'gonzo journalism', best known for 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'.