Bed Quote by Mary Cantwell

“Much has been written on the subject of bed-books. The general consensus of opinion is that a gentle, slow-moving story makes the best opiate”

— P.G. Wodehouse

“Opiates are, by their very nature, about forgetting. When you're in that narcotic haze, memory functions like some mutant projector, a hell-tuned Bell &…

— Jerry Stahl

“The opium of majestic twilights, and the marvel stretching out in the darkness, as the hand withdraws from the tatters …”

— Fernando Pessoa

OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Human beings want not only to survive, but also to live. We long to experience life in all its vividness, with full, untrammelled emotion.…

— Gabor Maté

Drugs age you after mental excitement. Lethargy then. Why? Reaction. A lifetime in a night. Gradually changes your character.

— James Joyce

“Drugs and Alcohol, although a crutch, have been the downfall of some of our greatest authors, artists & performers. These mind altering, addictive, substances…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

Like one who has eaten and drunk too much and vomits painfully and then feels better, so did the restless man wish he could…

— Hermann Hesse

I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying to imagine…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Walk in the narrow streets after midnight under moonlight! Tranquillity is like a sugar for the mind; you think better in the silence of…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

What in the world is a hangover cure?

— Brian Wilson

The only cure for a real hangover is death.

— Robert Benchley