The Great Shark Hunt

"We spent the first two days just waiting for the weather to lift so the boats could go out. It was intolerably dull, and on the third day he said, 'You seem to be having a wonderful time in this nightmare. I can't figure it out.' And I said, 'Well, I rely on my medicine to keep totally twisted. Otherwise, I couldn't stand all the bullshit.'"

"Morning comes hard to the Hotel Ashmun; this is not a place where the guests spring eagerly out of bed to greet the fresh new day. But on this particular morning everybody in the place is awake at the crack of dawn: There is a terrible pounding and shrieking in the hallway, near Room No. 267. Some junkie has ripped the doorknob off the communal bathroom, and now the others can't get in -- so they are trying to kick the door down." (Strange Rumblings in Aztlan)

“People who claim to know jackrabbits will tell you they are primarily motivated by Fear, Stupidity, and Craziness. But I have spent enough time in jack rabbit country to know that most of them lead pretty dull lives; they are bored with their daily routines: eat, fuck, sleep, hop around a bush now and then....No wonder some of them drift over the line into cheap thrills once in a while; there has to be a powerful adrenalin rush in crouching by the side of a road, waiting for the next set of headlights to come along, then streaking out of the bushes with split-second timing and making it across to the other side just inches in front of the speeding front wheels”. (Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72)

- Hunter S. Thompson