Quotes from book

Diary of a Drug Fiend

“This complaining rambling rubbish is the substitute which has taken the place of love.”

“We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige.”

“What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.”

“Your kiss is bitter with cocaine.”

“I hardly ever talk- words seem such a waste, and they are none of them true. No one has yet invented a language from my point of view.”

“I've written this to keep from crying. But I am crying, only the tears won't come.”

“I've often thought that there isn't any "I" at all; that we are simply the means of expression of something else; that when we think we are ourselves, we are simply the victims of a delusion.”

“Happiness lies within one's self, and the way to dig it out is cocaine.”

“The most delicious sensation of all is the re-birth of healthy human love. Spring coming back to Earth!”

“Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence.”