"I'd read somewhere that nine out of ten adults in Alaska had a drinking problem. I could believe it. Snow, ice, sleet, wind, the dark night of the soul: what else were you supposed to do?"

-- T.C. Boyle

#Drinking Quotes #Believe Quotes #Dark Quotes

“A big lesson that I'm always having to be reminded of is, you can't control how you feel, but you can control how you respond.”
“In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.”

Source : John Osborne, Henry Fielding (2011). “Tom Jones”, p.114, Oberon Books
“What a mystery this is, desire. The love sickness, the sensitivity, the obsession, the flutter of the heart, the ebb and flow of the blood. There is no drug and no alcohol to equal it.”
“It's been my dream since I was a child to somehow unite people of the world through love and music.”
“Survivors can't always choose their methods.”
“The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians.”
“I have a little dog who likes to nap with me. He climbs on my body and puts his face in my neck. He is sweeter than soap. He is more wonderful than a diamond necklace, which can't even bark...”
“A heavy warning used to be given that pictures are not rigorous; this has never had its bluff called and has permanently frightened its victims into playing for safety.”

Source : John Edensor Littlewood, Béla Bollobás (1986). “Littlewood's Miscellany”, p.54, Cambridge University Press

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