The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.
("Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream")
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