Heroin – Quotes

Historians are to nationalism

Historians are to nationalism what poppy-growers in Pakistan are to heroin-addicts: we supply the essential raw material for the market. Eric Hobsbawm

You know what they

You know what they say – sleep is the mother’s drug of choice, but like heroin, only the very rich and the very poor can afford it. Elissa Schappell

In the 1980s, when people were just beginning to talk about AIDS, there were just a few categories of those who were at high risk: homosexuals, hemophiliacs, heroin addicts, and Haitians. We were the only ones identified by nationality. Edwidge Danticat

Irony is the hardest

Irony is the hardest addiction of all. Forget heroin. Just try giving up irony, the deep-down need to mean two things at once, to be in two places at once, not to be there for the catastrophe of a fixed meaning. Edward St Aubyn

I like the glamorous

I like the glamorous indie rock look, like The Libertines. But you know, without the heroin needle sticking out of my arm. Ed Westwick

In Europe, kids learn

In Europe, kids learn at least four languages before they’re out of high school. But our education system is so underfunded, they go to school to buy heroin and an AK-47. Eddie Griffin

Film is a disease.

Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enzymes; directs the pineal gland; plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film. Frank Capra

Now I understand what

Now I understand what exhaustion is. It’s not just a code word for heroin addiction. People don’t teach you how to handle the workload that comes from a little bit of success, and it’s something I’d never had to handle, because I’d been rejected for so long. Felicia Day

Ryan took him out

Ryan took him out of Betty Ford after Redmond wanted to leave because he met a girl there. The girl was a heroin addict. She was the one who introduced him to the stuff. Farrah Fawcett

believe that you’ve had

believe that you’ve had most of your important memories by the time you’re thirty. After that, memory becomes water overflowing into an already full cup. New experiences just don’t register in the same way or with the same impact. I could be shooting heroin with the Princess of Wales, naked in a crashing jet, and … Read more