Synonyms for De quincey:

Famous quotes with De quincey

• Of the pleasures and pains of opium much has been written. The ecstasies and horrors of De Quincey and the paradis artificiels of Baudelaire are preserved and interpreted with an art which makes them immortal, and the world knows well the beauty, the terror and the mystery of those obscure realms into which the inspired dreamer is transported.

  H. P. Lovecraft
• Against the wall, near the head of the bunk, was a rack filled with books. I glanced over them, noting with astonishment such names as Shakespeare, Tennyson, Poe, and De Quincey. There were scientific works too, among which were represented men such as Tyndall, Proctor, and Darwin.

  Jack London

Synonyms:

bad scene, rotten hand, bum trip, depressing experience, unhappy situation, unpleasant situation, bummer, disaster, downer, drag.