We had 2 bags of grass, 75 pellets of mescaline, 5 sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.
A drug person can learn to handle such things as seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to deal with this trip. Raoul Duke drugs hallucinations
You can turn your back on a person, but, never turn your back on a drug. Especially when it's waving a razor-sharp hunting knife in your eye. drugs
— I wouldn't dare go to sleep with you wandering around with a head full of acid, wanting to slice me up with that goddamn knife. — Who said anything about slicing you up, man? I just wanted to carve a little Z on your forehead. Raoul Duke Dr. Gonzo
All energy flows according to the whims of the Great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him. Raoul Duke
As your attorney, I advise you to take a hit out of the little brown bottle in my shaving kit. Dr. Gonzo drugs
What the fuck these people are talking about? You gotta be crazy on acid to think a joint looks like a goddamn cockroach. Dr. Gonzo drugs
As your attorney, I advise you to drive at top speed, it'll be a god damn miracle if we can get there before you turn into a wild animal. Dr. Gonzo
— I saw these bastards in Easy Rider, but I didn't believe they were real. Not like this, man, not hundreds of them. — They're actually pretty nice people once you get to know them. — Know them? I know these people in my goddamn blood. — Don't say that word around here. You'll get them excited. Raoul Duke Dr. Gonzo
— Jesus God Almighty man, where'd you get that big fucker? — Room Service sent it up, I needed something to cut the limes, man. — Limes? What limes? — They didnt have any, they don't grow in the desert. Raoul Duke Dr. Gonzo