Friday-the-thirteenth Quote by Allen Ginsberg

“How about this? Hong Kong had been appropriated by British drug pushers in the 1840s. We wanted Chinese silk, porcelain, and spices. The Chinese…

— David Mitchell

“MacGregor shrugged. 'More than the population are opium addicts,' he said. 'Don't dismiss it like that,' she told him impatiently. 'I'm not dismissing it,'…

— James Aldridge

“Motives are not only the fine china of plausible desires and honest hurt. They are also the steel and high explosives of all-consuming self-will.”

— David A. Powlison

The [Burmese] government appears to be more interested in stamping out political activity than drug addiction. Very few university students on the campus could…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.

— Robert Trout

“The classic hustle is still famous, even today, for the cold purity of its execution: bring opium from India, introduce it into China00howdy Fong,…

— Thomas Pynchon

If America is addicted to foreign money and foreign oil, then China is addicted to foreign supplies of just about every commodity known to…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

I urge North Koreas leaders to reflect on Burmas experience. While the work of reform is ongoing, Burma has already broken out of isolation…

— Thomas E. Donilon

The Chinese get over 40 percent of their oil from the Middle East through the Persian Gulf, but have you ever seen a Chinese…

— Michael T. Flynn

Burma wants to have good relations with our neighboring countries, China and India. I do believe the United States itself wants to live in…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I urge North Korea's leaders to reflect on Burma's experience. While the work of reform is ongoing, Burma has already broken out of isolation…

— Thomas E. Donilon

“China is traditionally Vietnam’s enemy. [Vietnam] had been kicking [invaders] out for millennia. And we were just the latest.”

— Mark Bowden