“I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted.”

—  Hunter S. Thompson

Letter to Kay Menyers (17 March 1958), p. 109
1990s, The Proud Highway : The Fear and Loathing Letters Volume I (1997)

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American journalist and author 1937–2005

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