Heroin Quote by Nelson Algren

“His touch was like heroin in my veins, and I was a grateful addict.”

— Kitty Thomas

“Of course, heroin could be had there too, I thought. But the thing was, I didn’t want it. Maybe I never really had. I’d…

— Cheryl Strayed

“But now and then, beneath the outer numbness, something stirred, like a living pain waiting for the anesthetic to wear away.”

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

“Shock and desire have my nerves tingling like I've been struck by horny lightning.”

— Nicole Christie

“But heroin was my air. It had a hold of me like we were chained together. And those shackles weren't just around my wrists,…

— Marni Mann

“The man was like heroin-seductive, addictive and a damned good way to wake up dead.”

— Joanna Wylde

“Numb. He felt everything. He couldn't feel anything.”

— Leonard Pitts Jr

“If I could open a vein. Not to inject any shit, I will never weaken like that again, but just to feel the kick…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“It was what she imagined doing heroin would be like: terrible for you but impossible to resist.”

— Libby Schmais

“I've been numb for years, and I didn't realize it until after you appeared and - and made me feel something. Since then, these…

— Alexandra Monir

“My friend died doing what he loved ... Heroin.”

— DeAnne Smith

“His touch brought with it the strangest sense of relief — as if I’d been in pain and that pain had suddenly ceased.”

— Stephenie Meyer