First, it's a Saturday-night thing, and you feel cool, like a gangster or a rock star. It's just something to kill the boredom, you know? They call it a chippie, a small habit. It feels so good, you start doing it on Tuesdays, then Thursdays. Then it's got you. Every wise-ass punk on the block says it won't happen to them, but it does. The Basketball Diaries Jim Carroll drugs
One who cannot cast away a treasure at need is in fetters. J. R. R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings Aragorn unfreedom treasure things greed
No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio. We just need more of it, more channels, a larger screen, more volume. We can't bear to be without it, but no, nobody's addicted. Chuck Palahniuk Lullaby TV, television radio music sounds modernity life quotes
Either you think—or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you. F. Scott Fitzgerald Tender is the Night independence
It's an addiction. And you have to kill the addict to kill the addiction. Surrogates Older Canter drug addiction
You can shut books, say, 'Hold on a moment.' You play God to it. But who has ever torn himself from the claw that encloses you when you drop a seed in a TV parlour? Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 Faber power, authority
Love love, but do no love the man, of you'll be in his power. Dangerous Beauty Paola Franco love men Motivational Quotes
When you're an addict, you can go without feeling anything except drunk or stoned or hungry. Still, when you compare this to other feelings, to sadness, anger, fear, worry, despair, and depression, well, an addiction no longer looks so bad. It looks like a very viable option. Chuck Palahniuk Choke life quotes
— You're a fucking maniac. A caffeine maniac. — You're drinking coffee, ain't you? Yeah. So? — So maybe you should try to quit? — I ain't no fucking quitter. Coffee and Cigarettes Vinny Vella Joseph Rigano coffee
— Yeah, Alex could have a vehicle as well, but he decided to burn all of his money. — And why did you do that? — l don't need money. Makes people cautious. — Come on, Alex. You gotta be a little cautious. l mean, that book of yours is cool and everything, but you can't depend entirely on leaves and berries. — l don't know if you want to depend on much more than that. Into the Wild Alexander Supertramp freedom money
Finding someone you can't imagine a life without, it's hard. Good Doctor Season 1 Episode 11 Claire Browne interconnection, relationship relationship difficulties
I need a friend more than I need space. Good Doctor Season 1 Episode 18 Shaun Murphy friends, friendship freedom interconnection, relationship
Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge. Fritz Perls self-esteem, self-evaluation life quotes
Sex addicts are really addicted to the endorphins, not the sex. Sex addicts have lower natural levels of monoamine oxidase. Sex addicts really crave the peptide phenylethylamine that might be triggered by danger, by infatuation, by risk and fear. Choke sex
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. John Quincy Adams power, authority strength debt state