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“A dead body reminds me a bit of a bottle of whisky. If you drop the bottle and it cracks, what’s inside pours out. It’s only natural.”
― Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

“Ah," Anselmo took the cup, put his head back and let it run down his throat. He looked at Maria standing holding the bottle and winked at her, tears coming from both his eyes. "That," he said. "That." Then he licked his lips. "That is what kills the worm that haunts us.”
― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

“I drank whiskey because I was depressed, and whiskey made sure I stayed depressed.”
― Donald Hall, A Carnival Of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety

“The real tragedy of life was that whiskey didn’t even burn anymore. Made me shake my head sometimes, but I still drank it because I liked the taste.”
― Dave Matthes, Mercy