Hunter S. Thompson quotes ...? His quote about suicide, I think it starts like "if suicide is not always an option for me, so ..."
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My favorite Thompson Quote:
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Anyway, from the Wiki there are a couple of quotes from Thompson's suicide:
May the family and police describe as a suicide note was written by Thompson four days before his death, and left for his wife. It was later published by Rolling Stone. Entitled "Football Season Is Over", read:
"No more games. No more bombs. No More running. No More Fun. No More Swimming.. 67 Or 17 years 50. Either 17 more than I need or want. Boring. I'm still a cow. No Fun - for everyone 67 .. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax - This will not hurt. "[30]
Artist and friend Ralph Steadman wrote:
"... He told me 25 years ago that he would feel real trapped if he did not know he could commit suicide at any time. I do not know if it's brave or stupid or something, but it was inevitable. I think the truth of what sounded throughout his writing is that he meant what he said. If this is entertainment for you, well, that's OK. If you think it enlightened you, well, it's even better. If you wonder if he went to heaven or hell, rest assured he will check on both, find out which one Richard Milhous Nixon went to - and go. He could not bear to be bored. But there must be Football too - and Peacocks ... "[
Posted on April 17, 2010.
