Those partial to drink were hiding faults and dishonesty. They were sloppy souls, even the ones with pleasant manners and fine noses.

Sarah Hall
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  2. Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss. - Robert A. Heinlein

  3. In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria. - Benjamin Franklin

  4. I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host. - Dorothy Parker

  5. Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol. - Steve Martin

More Quotes By Sarah Hall
  1. That boy may have been born on third base but he sure as shit ain’t scored a triple.

  2. One thing I will say, they often take it better than a man. Pain, that is. Probably the residue of tolerance from when they were all bloody witches and got stoned or burned or drowned for it, eh lad? Never tell your mother I said...

  3. You’ve found that there is something that can make you feel, and make you feel present: sex. Not the routine, dusk-and-dawn sex of a trusted, established relationship, but illicit, dangerous sex. Sex that is novel and leaves you sore; that is experienced in the gaps...

  4. Lipstick never lasted long when they were together; he would always kiss her after she had applied it, as if he liked the smearing viscous sensation. Sometimes she felt sure it was discomposing her that he enjoyed.

  5. The two of you are different now, calmer. There is still sex, occasionally, but is no longer a priority to seduce or be seduced by him.

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