#drink

War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy. ↗

— William Faulkner

#war #poor

If you ever know a man who tries to drown his sorrows, kindly inform him his sorrows know how to swim. ↗

— Pittacus Lore

#hector-ricardo #pittacus-lore #the-power-of-six #information

Hydrogenated and androgynous milky white love is all I have to offer you. Would you like me to pour it in your coffee, or directly into your soul?
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— Jarod Kintz

#androgynous #coffee #drink #food #generosity

Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#accept #drink #love #offer #people

Passivity is corrosive to the soul; it feeds on feelings of integrity and pride, and it can be as tempting as a drug. ↗

— Caroline Knapp

#love

I love bright red drinks, don’t you? They taste twice as good as any other color. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#red #love

She wished it were evening now, wished for the great relief of the calendar inking itself out, of day done and night coming, of ice cubes knocking about in a glass beneath the whisky spilling in, that fine brown affirmation of need. ↗

— Michelle Latiolais

#coping #drinking-your-troubles-away #happy-hour #loss #lost-love

And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#drinking #humor #humor

The only way that I could figure they could improve upon Coca-Cola, one of life's most delightful elixirs, which studies prove will heal the sick and occasionally raise the dead, is to put bourbon in it. ↗

— Lewis Grizzard

#drinking #humor #humor

What about the whiskey?" Jack said as they ran. "Won't it keep them out?" The Green Maidens don't drink anything but blood." Bob's disembodied voice floated after them. "The whiskey magick won't affect them." Wonderful," the old actor muttered, a tremor of fear in his voice. "I should've poured a Bloody Mary. ↗

— Lesley Livingston

#drinks #faeries #humor #humor