“He puffed out his pigeon chest and waddled across the room towards me. With his feet pointing outwards, he looked like a fat duck with a grievance.”
Source: Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent Into Crystal Meth Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland
“Imagine this:
Ice is coming to YOUR house.
Can you HEAR it knocking?
Are you ready?
What will YOU do?”
“Everyone thinks I do heroin. It's not even true, I do crystal meth.”
“Nic ha fatto uso di droghe, a fasi alterne, per oltre un decennio, e in quegli anni credo di avere sentito, pensato e fatto quasi tutto quello che un genitore può sentire, pensare e fare.”
Source: Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
“Het antwoord kan zijn – ik schrijf het met enige voorzichtigheid – pervitine. Het is goed mogelijk dat Hopkins, net als veel frontsoldaten, gebruikmaakte van dit pepmiddel, tegenwoordig bekend als crystal meth. De Duitsers begonnen daarmee, ze stuurden hun manschappen regelmatig stijf van de drugs de oorlog in, op die manier konden die dagenlang doormarcheren.”
Source: Wisselwachter
“In a world of seven billion people, where every inch of land has been mapped, much of it developed, and too much of it destroyed, the sea remains the final unseen, untouched, and undiscovered wilderness, the planet’s last great frontier. There are no mobile phones down there, no e-mails, no tweeting, no twerking, no car keys to lose, no terrorist threats, no birthdays to forget, no penalties for late credit card payments, and no dog shit to step in before a job interview. All the stress, noise, and distractions of life are left at the surface. The ocean is the last truly quiet place on Earth.”
Source: Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves
“Take only memories; leave nothing but footprints”
“Independent, wise, vigorous, outdoorsy, and sexy. I aspire.”
Source: Run Like a Girl 365 Days a Year: A Practical, Personal, Inspirational Guide for Women Athletes
“Respect isn't measured by the speed you reached, but by the miles you've covered.”
“Some days I even think, Maybe being a witch isn’t so bad. When they were burned at the stake it was for being independent and strong-minded, for knowing how to cure illnesses with herbs, for hiking around in the woods to collect said herbs, and for being sexually uninhibited. Independent, wise, vigorous, outdoorsy, and sexy. I aspire.”
Source: Run Like a Girl 365 Days a Year: A Practical, Personal, Inspirational Guide for Women Athletes