"A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic."

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Source : "Summer Reading; Reading And Nothingness, Of Proust In The Summer Sun" by Roy Blount, Jr., www.nytimes.com. June 2, 1985.

Roy Blount, Jr.

#Book Quotes #Anchors Quotes #Funny Drinking Quotes

“There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it.”
“A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it.”
“The cloud services companies of all sizes; the cloud is for everyone. The cloud is a democracy.”
“At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young.”
“Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.”
“You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.”
“Police on my drawers I had to pause 40 ounce in my lap And it's freezing my balls”
“Everything happens to me. I've never had a streak of luck in my life.”

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