"When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature."

-- Marguerite Duras

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“Youâ€™ve gotta taste the light, like my friend and fellow shooter Chip Maury says. And when you see light like this, trust me, itâ€™s like a strawberry sundae with sprinkles.”
“This guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, Doc, my brotherâ€™s crazy. He thinks heâ€™s a chicken. The doctor says, Well, why donâ€™t you turn him in? And the guy says, I would but I need the eggs. Well I guess thatâ€™s pretty much how I feel about relationships. You know theyâ€™re totally irrational and crazy and absurd but I guess we keep going through it because, uh, most of us need the eggs.”
“It's tough being out there doing what I'm doing in what they call a man's world.”
“The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.”
“Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.”
“Every moment is an experience.”

Source : "Jake "The Snake" Roberts Interview". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. December 18, 2003.
“There was a pause. I was still scared by every gap in our conversation, fearing that this was it, the point where we had nothing left to say. I was still trying to impress you, and I still wanted to be impressed by you, so I could pass along pieces of your impressiveness to my friends, convincing myself this was possible.”
“You look after yourself. You believe in God. And if people want to drag you down, you fight that, and you keep on fighting.”

Source : "Now, about that passport..." by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2002.

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