Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces.
Hunter S. ThompsonRead
My life has been the polar opposite of safe, but I am proud of it and so is my son, and that is good enough for me. I would do it all over again without changing the beat, although I have never recommended it to others. That would be cruel and irresponsible and wrong, I think, and I am none of those things.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects pride in a life lived boldly, despite its risks, emphasizing personal fulfillment over conventional safety.
Hunter S. Thompson expresses a deep appreciation for his unconventional and risky life choices. He acknowledges that while his path has been anything but safe, the pride and validation he feels from both his life and his relationship with his son make it worthwhile. He recognizes the gravity of his experiences and advises others against following a similar reckless course, showing a sense of responsibility and self-awareness about the impact of one's life choices on others.
Themes
LifeRiskPrideAdventureResponsibility
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be shared at a graduation ceremony to inspire graduates to embrace life's challenges.
More from Hunter S. Thompson
All quotes →As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I'm not sure that I'm going to be a good one or even a self-supporting one, but until the dark thumb of fate presses me to the dust and says 'you are nothing', I will be a writer.
Hunter S. ThompsonRead
Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can't reach.
Hunter S. ThompsonRead
There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
Hunter S. ThompsonRead
Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.
Hunter S. ThompsonRead
When you write for a living and you can't do anything else, you know that sooner or later that the deadline is going to come screaming down on you like a goddamn banshee. There's no avoiding it...So one day you just don't appear at the El Adobe bar anymore; you shut the door, paint the windows black, rent an electric typewriter and become the monster you always were - the writer.
Hunter S. ThompsonRead
Similar quotes
Hers was a memory made up of snapshorts: being dragged through the snow by a pack of wolves, first kiss tasting of oranges, saying goodbye behind a cracked windshield. A life made up of promises of what could be: the possibilities contained in a stack of college applications, the thrill of sleeping under a strange roof, the future that lay in Sam's smile. It was a life I didn't want to leave behind. It was a life I didn't want to forget I wasn't done with it yet. There was so much more to say.
Maggie StiefvaterRead
I just have a great life. I know great people. I've had great relationships - all different kinds of relationships. I am so lucky to be on the little golden path that led me to all this.
Julia RobertsRead
Yeah and it's over before you know it It all goes by so fast Yeah the bad nights take forever And the good nights don't ever seem to last
Tom PettyRead
On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.
Satoru IwataRead
My death from the wrists, two name tags, blood worn like a corsage to bloom one on the left and one on the right.
Anne SextonRead
In the stormy current of life characters are weights or floats which at one time make us glide along the bottom, and at another maintain us on the surface.
Hippolyte TaineRead