# Quote — Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear

> We are like pygmies lost in a maze of haze. We are not at war, we are having a nervous breakdown,again.

- Author: [Hunter S. Thompson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson.md)
- Book: [Kingdom of Fear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson/kingdom-of-fear.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson#Kingdom_of_Fear:_Loathsome_Secrets_of_a_Star-crossed_Child_in_the_Final_Days_of_the_American_Century_(2004)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson/kingdom-of-fear/we-are-like

## More from this book

> It was wonderful, a stunning happy ending to what began as just another tragic rock & roll story, as if Bob Dylan had been arrested in Miami for jacking off in a seedy little XXX theater while stroking the spine of a fat young boy.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson/kingdom-of-fear/it-was-wonderful.md)

> I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson/kingdom-of-fear/i-have-a-theory.md)

> I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson/kingdom-of-fear/i-understand-that.md)