Drugstore Cowboy

"After any kind of drug haul, everyone in the crew indulged. I laughed to myself as I pictured blues and Dilaudid in such great amounts on the spoon that it would literally be overflowing. Upon entering my vein, the drug would start a warm itch that would surge along until the brain consumed it in a gentle explosion. It began in the back of the neck and rose rapidly until I felt such pleasure that the whole world sympathized and took on a soft, lofty appeal. Everything was grand then. Your worst enemy -- he wasnt so bad. The ants in the grass -- they were just, you know, doin their thing. Everything took on the rosy hue of unlimited success. You could do no wrong, and as long as it lasted, life was beautiful."

"Diane was my wife. I loved her, and she loved dope. So we made a good couple."

"Man, I love cops. If there were no hot shit cops like Gentry around, the competition would be so heavy thered be nothing left to steal."

"All these kids, theyre all TV babies. Watching people killing and fucking each other on the boob tube for so long its all they know. Hell, they think its legal. They think its the right thing to do."

"I truly feel pity for you both. You are grown up now! And yet you still act as children, who want to do nothing but run and play. You cannot run and play all your life, Diane!"

"We played a game you couldnt win... to the utmost."

"Well, to begin with, nobody, and I mean nobody, can talk a junkie out of using. You can talk to em for years but sooner or later theyre gonna get ahold of something. Maybe its not dope. Maybe its booze, maybe its glue, maybe its gasoline. Maybe its a gunshot to the head. But something. Something to relieve the pressures of their everyday life, like having to tie their shoes."

"I knew it in my heart. You can buck the system but you cant buck the dark forces that lie hidden beneath the surface. The ones some people call superstitions."

"Most people dont know how theyre gonna feel from one moment to the next. But a dope fiend has a pretty good idea. All you gotta do is look at the labels on the little bottles."

"Theres nothing more life-affirming than getting the shit kicked out of you."

"Lord, its my dope fiend thief of a son and his crazy little nymphomaniac wife."