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Quotes from Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs — Hunter S. Thompson

1937–2005 United States

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The hard core, the outlaw elite, were the Hell's Angels...

Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966)

Women are terrified of being raped, but somewhere in the back of the womb there is one rebellious nerve end that tingles with curiosity whenever the word is mentioned.

Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966)

Any lawyer who says there's no such thing as rape should be hauled out to a public place by three large perverts and buggered at high noon, with all of his clients watching.

Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966)

Satan's Slaves, number three in the outlaw hierarchy, custom-bike specialists with a taste for the flesh of young dogs, flashy headbands and tender young blondes with lobotomy eyes.

Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966)

Tiny hurts people. When he loses his temper he goes completely out of control and his huge body becomes a lethal weapon. It is difficult to see what role he might play in the Great Society.

Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966)

My face looked like it had been jammed into the spokes of a speeding Harley, and the only thing keeping me awake was the spastic pain of a broken rib.

Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966)

A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can't afford to admit — no matter how often he's reminded of it — that every day of his life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley...

Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hunter S. Thompson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.