“Each day you wake up alive, you are the victor; go claim your spoils”
― Quicksand
― Quicksand
“Day offers two equally necessary sacraments - the benediction of morning and the absolution of dusk. In the morning coffee blesses and in the evening wine absolves.”
― Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons From the Champions of Everyday Life
― Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons From the Champions of Everyday Life
“I'm not an alcoholic, I am freedom fighter against the teetotal taliban.”
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“Antibiotics’ll clear it up.’ ‘They tend not to work with drink taken.’ ‘They’re drugs, they’re not fucking Irishmen.”
― Joe Country
― Joe Country
“Race don’t come into it. They keep us fighting among ourselves like dogs for table scraps so we won’t catch them making off with the feast.”
― Small Mercies
― Small Mercies
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