Bob Hughes Diane was my wife. I loved her, and she loved dope. So we made a good couple.
Most-quoted character in Drugstore Cowboy (1989): in 14 of its 16 quotes
A line from Bob HughesAll these kids, they're all TV babies. Watching people killing and **** each other on the boob tube for so long it's all they know. Hell, they think it's legal. They think it's the right thing to do.
More lines from Bob Hughes
8 quotes Bob Hughes Bob Hughes After any kind of drug haul, everyone in the crew indulged. I laughed to myself as I pictured blues and Dilaudid in such great amounts on the spoon that it would literally be overflowing. Upon entering my vein, the drug would start a warm itch that would surge along until the brain consumed it in a gentle explosion. It began in the back of the neck and rose rapidly until I felt such pleasure that the whole world sympathized and took on a soft, lofty appeal. Everything was grand then. Your worst enemy -- he wasn't so bad. The ants in the grass -- they were just, you know, doin' their thing. Everything took on the rosy hue of unlimited success. You could do no wrong, and as long as it lasted, life was beautiful.
Bob Hughes Most people don't know how they're gonna feel from one moment to the next. But a dope fiend has a pretty good idea. All you gotta do is look at the labels on the little bottles.
Bob Hughes We played a game you couldn't win... to the utmost.
Bob Hughes Man, I love cops. If there were no hot shit cops like Gentry around, the competition would be so heavy there'd be nothing left to steal.
Bob Hughes Well, to begin with, nobody, and I mean nobody, can talk a junkie out of using. You can talk to 'em for years but sooner or later they're gonna get ahold of something. Maybe it's not dope. Maybe it's booze, maybe it's glue, maybe it's gasoline. Maybe it's a gunshot to the head. But something. Something to relieve the pressures of their everyday life, like having to tie their shoes.
Bob Hughes I knew it in my heart. You can buck the system but you can't buck the dark forces that lie hidden beneath the surface. The ones some people call superstitions.
Bob Hughes There's nothing more life-affirming than getting the shit kicked out of you.
Scenes with Bob Hughes
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Rick Jesus, Bob, you never told us anything about not mentioning dogs.
Bob The reason nobody mentioned dogs, Rick, is that to mention the dog would have been a hex in itself.
Rick All right, well, now we are on the subject, are there any other stupid things we aren't supposed to mention that will affect our future?
Bob You got a warrant?
Gentry Yeah, I got a warrant. [draws his gun and points it at Bob] I got it pasted on the end of one of these slugs. Now you give me any more shit, and I give you a good close look at one of 'em.
Bob Heavy, man. You guys been reading too much Mickey Spillane or something?
David [while selling drugs, eyes Nadine]
How much do you want for that foxy female?
Bob Hey what do you think I am, some closet pimp? I've never heard such a violation of women's rights in all my life! [pauses] Just out of curiosity, how many bags of speed would you give me for this girl?
David [Reaches his hand out to touch Nadine]
I don't know...
Nadine [Hits him]
You little twerp, you touch me and I'll knock your block off!
Drug Counselor Have you ever been convicted of a felony?
Bob Yeah, a few times.
Drug Counselor What were they? What felonies were you convicted of?
Bob [pauses]
What do you want? You want my life story? [Gets up] I'm a junkie, I like drugs, I like the whole lifestyle. But it just didn't pay off. You know, you don't see my kind of people. Because my kind of people don't beg dope, they go out and get it.
Bob Father Murphy? Hey Tom.
Tom the Priest Well well. Bad Bobby Hughes. Imagine seeing you here after all these years.
Bob You live here too?
Tom the Priest I have nowhere else to go. There is no demand in the priesthood for elderly drug addicts.
