"I thought, When a man is properly drunk it is as though he is an a room by himself--there is a physical, impenetrable separation between him and his fellows."

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Source : Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.81, Granta Books

Patrick deWitt

#Men Quotes #Drunk Quotes #Rooms Quotes

“It always seems to me that so few people live - they just seem to exist and I don't see any reason why we shouldn't live always - til we die physically.”
“Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers.”
“Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that.”
“Life is war, and marriage provides us with a close and intimate ally with whom we may wage this war. The battle requires bold love, forgiveness, confrontation, and repentance.”
“Propositions on which all men are in agreement are true: if they are not true we have no truth at all.”
“I have always intended to live forever; but not until now, to live now.”

Source : Galway Kinnell (2016). “Three Books”, p.214, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The world has found lenses on its nose without knowing whom to thank”
“When a record co. finds a guy now, they want to own everything. They want to own the rights to market that person's particular name. They want a piece of the action all the way through.”

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