505 quotes found
“History, as taught by schools, has white washed the drunkenness out of the past. It has minimized the influence of drugs on history's great thinkers, and covered up the impact of prostitution and i...”
“I live on shameless flattery...and vodka...but the two usually go hand in hand.”
“Sex mirrored our drinking; both defined our relationship: selfish, detached, indulgent and satisfying.”
“Blackouts can be fun if approached with the right mindset. You just can't sweat the fact that you've lost a small portion of your life for all eternity. Occasionally, little bubbles of memory will ...”
“Civilization begins with distillation”
“So what are you planning to do with the rest of your life?Develop a drinking problem. More Scotch, please.”
“There were, however, a few exceptions.One was Norma Dodsworth, the poet, who had not unpleasantly drunk but had been sensible enough to pass out before any violent action proved necessary. He had b...”
“Do you rememberFuck, yes. Merrick stood. And if youre telling this story, Im getting the bottle.”
“Glancing at the bottle of tequila in Tates hand, Logan questioned much more calmly than he felt, How full was that?Tate lifted the quarter-empty bottle and shrugged. Unopened. Why?”
“one doesn't even think ofthe liverand if the liverdoesn't think ofus, that'sfine.”
“The others would then fall silent and she would continue about doped gallium arsenide detectors, or the ethanol content of the galactic cloud W-3. The quantity of 200-proof alcohol in this single i...”
“We named the bar The Bar. "People will think we're ironic instead of creatively bankrupt," my sister reasoned.Yes, we thought we were being clever New Yorkers - that the name was a joke no one else...”
“When he was dry, he believed it was alcohol he needed, but when he had a few drinks in him, he knew it was something else, possibly a woman; and when he had it all -- cash, booze, and a wife -- he ...”
“Alcohol was like a fun cousin I visited every once in a while but never planned a trip around.”
“It began to falter not when the book publishers who loved books gave way to those who preferred profits to reading. It happened when publishers and editors cut back on their drinking. If there is o...”
“They talk about prohibition in America. What can one do in a country such as that?'What does one do in America when one is sad - without alcohol?' asks Zwonimir.”
“Soon enough the tears came but of course nobody came down to see if she was all right, it was just the slut in the kitchen who'd ruined their lives, getting drunk of neat gin and howling for her lo...”
“Booze makes you stupid and like it. It makes you fall around and not care. And eventually, stupid is the only way you know how to be. Cocaine makes you feel important, that life matters, that you m...”
“I wish I could think about nothing, but the books all the time. I have never had an alcoholic rampage because of thinking about books too much...”
“Worrying about parents is a waste of time. Its your life. Lets have a martini.”
