

“It was a Different Time. People were Friendly. We trusted each other. Hell, you could afford to get mixed up with wild strangers in those days -- without fearing for your life, or your eyes, or your organs, or all of your money, or even getting locked up in prison forever. There was a sense of possibility. People were not so afraid, as they are now. You could run around naked without getting shot. You could check into a roadside motel on the outskirts of Ely or Winnemucca or Elko where you were lost in a midnight rainstorm -- and nobody called the police on you, just to check out your credit and your employment history and your medical records and how many parking tickets you owed in California.”
― Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Hunter S. Thompson
― Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Hunter S. Thompson

“And he had a nice home in Ohio with wife, daughter, Christmas tree, two cars, garage, lawn, lawnmower, but he couldn't enjoy any of it because he really wasn't free. It was sadly true.”
― The Dharma Bums
― The Dharma Bums

“Kurt left in the early morning to walk around Aberdeen in the pale light of dawn. The storm had passed, birds were chirping, and everything in the world seemed more alive. He walked around for hours thinking about it all, waiting for school to begin, watching the sun come up, wondering where his life was heading.”
― Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
― Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain

“Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another the experience of sunshine?”
― The Giver
― The Giver

“There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.”
― Winnie-the-Pooh
― Winnie-the-Pooh
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