Addiction
"[About his heroin addiction:] I did it to myself. It wasn't society...it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing."
- Ray Charles, 1930- , singer, known as the "Father of Soul"
"Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years."
- Tallukah Bankhead, 1902-1968, American actress
"It is not I who become addicted, it is my body."
- Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French author and filmmaker
"In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you."
- Billie Holiday, 1915-1959, American jazz singer
"Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism."
- Carl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist
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