"Alcoholism is the disease of more."

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Source : Caroline Knapp (1999). “Drinking: A Love Story”, p.57, Dial Press

Caroline Knapp

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“A terrible premonition washed over me. This was how the whole world would end.... They would devour the forest and excrete piles of buildings made of stone wrenched from the earth or from dead trees. They would hammer paths of bare stone between their dwellings, and dirty the rivers and subdue the land until it could recall only the will of man. They could not stop themselves from doing what they did. They did not see what they did, and even if they saw, they did not know how to stop. They no longer knew what was enough.”
“A shiver runs down your spine when you realize it is not our imagination. Something is watching us out there....”

Source : Sophy Burnham (2011). “A Book of Angels: Reflections on Angels Past and Present, and True Stories of How They Touch Our L ives”, p.78, Penguin
“...the disqualification is unjust, I understand his reaction. You must understand the riders at certain moments (like climbing an 18% hill) they are stressed and they can react rashly.”
“The supporters...It is true that they are dangerous when they run close to the riders. From there to throwing a punch. That is a step....”
“A child is your legacy. What better thing can you do in life than put a really good person in the world who's going to make it a better place?”
“Your first pregnancy you have nothing to do except sleep and take care of yourself and go to prenatal yoga or whatever. Now I have a full-time job, I have a four-year-old, I've got a life that is demanding my attention, so I've gone to prenatal yoga once. It's such a bummer.”
“The more important question, of course, was what the new Lucy would do, and even though I was pretty sure the old Lucy wouldn't be around much anymore, I was a little bit afraid the new Lucy hadn't yet shown up.”

Source : Pam Houston (1999). “Waltzing the Cat”, p.275, Simon and Schuster
“I weep when I see these videos that are sent to me from all over the country.Â Whole groups of bodies jerking out of control, falling on the floor, laughing hysterically, staggering around like drunkards Anything that cannot be found in Scripture has to be rejected outrightÂ -Â totally rejected,”

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