“[To her younger sister on using drugs:] If you do that stuff, you're dancing with the devil, because you never know when you're going to cross the line and not be able to get back.” IfsKnowsAbleStuffLinesDrugDevilCrossesDancingGet BackYounger SisterDancing With The Devil Author:Demi Lovato
“When I was younger I never drank. I never drank, I never did any weed or drugs or anything because I felt it would compromise my position. I was an orphan, and I had a feeling like if I ever hit the ground I may never get back up.” IfsMayFeelingsFeltPositionDrugCompromiseGet BackWeedDrankOrphan Author:Ice T
“I've always gravitated towards people who are extreme. Whether its drugs, or kicking down doors. Normally, the people in my life had to escape to get back.” PeopleDoorsDrugExtremesGet BackKicking Author:Keira Knightley
“The Great Recession is not imaginary, and the effects loom large. There was an article in the NYT about the galloping death rate among white men in middle age. Higher than among any other demographic, etc. Mostly death by drugs, alcohol, or suicide. Many of them rural. My feeling is that it's many people who haven't been able to get back into the work force. Reg Morse is an example of the problem.” PeopleMenFeelingsProblemAgeAbleForceWhiteMiddleEffectsHavensExampleHigherDrugSuicideRateAlcoholEtcGet BackArticlesImaginaryWhite ManMiddle AgesRecessionsDemographicsGallopingGreat Recession Author:Rick Moody
“When you help yourself, you feel good. But when you help somebody else get back on their feet, it's a high that no chemical drug can ever match. It's the greatest high in the world. It's addictive, it's contagious, and the world needs more of it.” WorldNeedsFeelsHelpingFeetDrugFeel GoodGet BackChemicalsContagiousHelp Yourself Author:Greg Plitt
“The consciousness-expanding drugs - the hallucinogens, such as cannabis, mescaline, LSD, Psylocybin - I think are useful to a writer up to a certain point. That is, they open psychic areas that would not otherwise be available to the writer. But I feel that once these areas have been opened and the writer has reached them, he is able to get back there in the future without the drug.” ThinkingFeelsHas BeensAbleCertainConsciousnessDrugAreasAvailableGet BackPsychicsExpandingCannabisLsdHallucinogensConsciousness Expanding Author:William S. Burroughs
“I wanted to remember the original energy; strip away all the glamour and limousines and tons of drugs. I wanted to get back to the revolutionary ideas, merging poetry and rhythm and rock and roll.” IdeasWantedRememberEnergyRocksDrugOriginalsRhythmRevolutionaryGet BackRock And RollGlamourMergingRevolutionary IdeasLimousines Author:Patti Smith