“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
― Women
― Women
“It gave me a strange feeling, and the rest of that night I didn’t say much, but merely sat there and drank, trying to decide if I was getting older and wiser, or just plain old.”
― The Rum Diary
― The Rum Diary
“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Factotum: A Masterfully Vivid Autobiographical Novel―An Aspiring Writer's Raw Journey Through Alcoholism and Survival
― Factotum: A Masterfully Vivid Autobiographical Novel―An Aspiring Writer's Raw Journey Through Alcoholism and Survival
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