We were like confirmed opium-eaters: in our moments of reason we well knew the deadly nature of our pursuit, but we certainly… — H. Rider Haggard Copy Share Image
“I question whether any Turk, of all that have entered the Paradise of Opium-eaters, can have had half the pleasure I had.… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
“Turkish opium-eaters, it seems, are absurd enough to sit, like so many equestrian statues, on logs of wood as stupid as themselves.” — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
