# Quote — Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

> There was evidence in this room, of excessive consumption of almost every type of drug known to civilized man since 1544 A.D. It could only be explained as a montage,

- Author: [Hunter S. Thompson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson.md)
- Book: [Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/there-was-evidence

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> "Even a goddamn were-wolf is entitled to legal counsel..."

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> After West Point and the Priesthood, LSD must have seemed entirely logical to him...

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> I felt like a monster reincarnation of Horatio Alger: A man on the move, and just sick enough to be totally confident.

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