784 quotes found
“So it persists, for many of us, hunger channeled into some internal circuitry of longing, routed this way and that, emerging in a thousand different forms. The diet form, the romance form, the addi...”
“I became addicted to the guilt. The strange thrill of doing something so morbid, so off-color, and so completely wrong.”
“Drug and alcohol addiction almost killed me. I was a grave substance misuser in my teens. I started drinking at ten, smoking at eleven and by the time I attended high school aged twelve, I was regu...”
“If we are continuing to attract partners that are emotionally unavailable, then its essential that we observe our own addictive patterns rather than focusing on theirs.”
“Vassily cleared his throat, probably impatient with Gabriel's bookshelf manners. 'You'll have to excuse me,' Gabriel said, putting back the booklet, 'I have a severe addiction to ink.''Don't we all...”
“I would start with four fingers of Jack in a thick mug, with a sweating Budweiser back, and by midnight I would be alone at the end of the bar, armed, drunk, and hunched over my glass, morally and ...”
“Fee-fi-fo-fum, now I'm borrowed, now I'm numb.”
“In a way, being an addict is very proactive. A good addiction takes the guesswork out of death. There is such a thing as planning your getaway.”
“A chatWith the Grim Reapershould be enough to scareaway any thought of relapse.Wish it were that easy,but not even days conversingwith death can disintegratethe claws of addiction.”
“Drink a bottle of cheap champagne. Mix with orange juice. A large Glenmorangie. Milk and blackish toast. Half a bottle of Blue Nun. Budweiser. Budweiser. Go to church. Say I do etc. Budweiser. Murp...”
“Bodies need poison. Withdrawals without it. Toxin-free airs a killer.”
“The War on Drugs, from the Hastings-facing window of the PortlandHotel, is manifested in the pregnant Celia kneeling on the sidewalk,handcuffed wrists behind her back, eyes cast on the ground. Ther...”
“[Texting] discourages thoughtful discussion or any level of detail. And the addictive problems are compounded by texting's hyperimmediacy. E-mails take some time to work their way through the Inter...”
“Find What You love And Let it kill You.”
“Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.”
“Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, i...”
“There have been times I've felt so much art in my soul I grew sick of artists.”
“It’s easier for me to make sense of it that way than it is for me to face the other way—reality. And yet, those evil spirits that were unleashed—be they fake entities from a stupid carnival ride, o...”
“Listen, we’ll come visit you. Okay? I’ll dress up as William Shakespeare, Lucent as Emily Dickinson, and beautiful ‘Ray’ as someone dashing and manly like Jules Verne or Ernest Hemingway...and we’l...”
“This diary is my kief, hashish and opium pipe. This is my drug and my vice.”
