Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

The definition of a stupid thing is something that if you do everything right, you still get hurt. Fire-eating and love are stupid things.

Show yourself if only for a week ... If harm comes of it I promise never to advise you again.

My parents worry all the time because I trust people very easily.

Trusting the world is a risk, while not trusting it is a guarantee you'll be left with nothing.

I maybe trust too much.

Trust is a careless pursuit at best. At worst, it's a good way to get yourself killed.

You're not a sucker. You're just nice. You give people the benefit of the doubt.

Since women ask me about male motives all the time, I can offer a bit of advice. If you feel like you're going to get hurt then you shouldn't be there in the first place. That's the way I look at relationships.

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

When you're in the position I'm in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage. And I'd much rather be that person who lets people in.

I'm gullible. I think people mean what they say.

It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.

Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of will, of imagination. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.

I don't really relate to myself as The Girl in the Magazine. Which is dangerous for me, too, sometimes, because I don't think all the time, 'Well, look to see if people are following me home.' Sometimes I'm a little bit more free than maybe I should be.

My dad, like, he's the most trusting human in the world.

I am nice to everybody. But people really take advantage of it.

If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.

There's no bad consequence to loving fully, with all your heart. You always gain by giving love.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

He who sups with the devil has need of a long spoon