Feb 21, 2005 11:28
"And that, I think, was the handle - -that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting - -on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark - -the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."
~ Hunter S. Thompson 1939-2005
Rest in Peace,
You were a wild beast to your last breath. You never lived by anyone else's terms, so it was only fitting that you died by your own as well.