Quotes from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Funny, that no matter where you are in the world, there's always someone eager to help you destroy yourself.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“If we're all going to hell in a handbasket, we might as well make it a party on the way down”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“I give you bitter pills, in a sugar coating. The pills are harmless - the poison's in the sugar”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“People die all around us all the time. Drop like flies. Overdose. Aids. Sometimes they kill themselves. People come. They go. Dying is the same as rehab or moving back to Missouri. It just means I won't be seeing them again”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“and so it came to pass that i was strapped to a gurney and covered in raw liver and slabs of beef that very quickly turned rancid under the bright spotlights. there exists a videotape somewhere that documents me being wheeled about the dance floor by two burly "orderlies," while i desperately search for a bathroom big enough to accommodate the stretcher so i can do a bump of cocaine. watching me retch from the decomposing meat, and simultaneously fiend for drugs, makes for an entertaining time, indeed.

when i told my mother the extremes i went to in order to make a living, she just shook her head and said, "now don't you wish you'd finished college, dear?"

mothers are so wise, sometimes.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“We didn't wish -- wishes are wasted...
We didn't hope -- because our future was inevitable...
And we didn't pray -- we were on our own.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“When you let the wolves guard the hen house, there's bound to be a few chicken dinners.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“No, Michael, I do not trust you on a boat, I do not trust you on a goat. I do not trust you here. I do not trust you there. I do not trust you anywhere.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“It's a spooky thing to be left alone inside an angry innerverse.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“And what do we have here? A scary monster, cowboy, and a fairy princess! Here's a hit of ecstasy, run along now.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“So let's start at the very begining (a very good place to start...)”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“There are times when the world slips out of control. It's like an accident that is happening too quickly , and you can't stop it, you can't think about it, you have no choice but to lean back and watch as everything changes forever.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“We're like two peas in a pod""Pity the pod”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Just spinning around, lost in their own little world. Doing so much, accomplishing so little. How sad.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“If letters had eyebrows, these would be arched.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“I don’t know how you look at the inside of your head — what metaphor you choose — but for those of us with endless yawning stretches of interior and nothing but nothing to stop us from getting lost in it, drugs can be wonderfully helpful.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Every degree of power involves a corresponding degree of freedo from good and evil.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Why, oh why, must we always go through pigs to get our truffles?”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Speaking from experience, there are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free fall forever inside their heads.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“You always remember your first overdose.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Funny, that no matter where you are in the world, there’s always someone eager to help you destroy yourself. It”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Death was easy. A piece of pie. That is the true horror.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“But if familiarity breeds contempt, it also fosters a bond—”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“You see, I just love analogies. Give me a good old analogy any day.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“How bloated we all are to think that our childhoods matter, that anybody really cares about our little lives.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Light bulbs up the ass, no big deal!" you say. "On a good night I can fit a Butterball and two sweet potatoes up my bum!"
Aye--But here's the rub:
How did these bulbs come to shine so brightly? They weren't plugged into an electrical socket...

An hour before her performance, Ida lay spread-eagle on the ground, and she had a helping hand (and how) slowly, carefully, millimeter by millimeter--INSERT A BATTERY PACK INTO HER UPPER INTESTINE.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Speaking from experince, there are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free fall forever inside their heads. It's a spooky thing to be left alone inside an angry inner-verse.
Drugs redirect the fall. They cushion it. Give you a parachute. Or maybe just a flashlight and scuba gear. I don't know how you look at the inside of your head-- what metaphor you choose-- but for those of us with endless yawning stretches of interior and nothing but nothing to stop us from getting lost in it, drugs can be wonderfully helpful.
For a time.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“When I told my mother the extremes I went to in order to make a living, she just shook her head and said, "Now don't you wish you'd finished college, dear?"

Mother's are so wise, sometimes.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Drug addicts are so funny that way. Just spinning around, lost in their own little world. Doing so much, accomplishing so little.”
― James St. James, quote from Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

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