Quote by Thomas de Quincey

“I question whether any Turk, of all that have entered the Paradise of Opium-eaters, can have had half the pleasure I had. But, indeed,…

— Thomas de Quincey

“And the least stupid, fleeing the herd where fate has penned them fast, take refuge in the wards of opium, so much for what…

— Charles Baudelaire

“I mentally bless and exonerate anyone who has kicked a chair out from beneath her or swallowed opium in large chunks. My mind has…

— Suzanne Finnamore

“Opium is not so stupefying to many persons as an afternoon sermon.”

— Jonathan Swift

“Opium had artistic significance, you know. Picasso smoked. He said the scent of opium was the least stupid smell in the world, except for…

— John Baxter

“Opium makes you quick-witted - perhaps only because it calms the nerves and stills the emotions. Nothing, not even death, seems so important.”

— Graham Greene

“At first I was afraid that I would be left defenseless, that I would babble aloud the things I've always been terrified of saying.…

— Jerzy Kosiński

“enchanted Turkish Delight and that anyone who had once tasted it would want more and more of it, and would even, if they were…

— C.S. Lewis

“this, then, is how we first came across the fearsome secret history of turkey's mannequins.”

— Orhan Pamuk

“In fact, being old and decrepit makes you an easy target—especially if you’re addicted to opium!”

— Steve Wiegand

“I feel The Fear coming on, and the only cure for that is to chew up a fat black wad of blood-opium about the…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“They weren't in a coffee shop, trading beliefs and ideas over scones. They were in a Jeep that had been shot up, hiding from…

— Justin R. Macumber