Eyes Open Quote by Alexandra Ivy

“he poured himself a glass of whiskey. And another. And another. Not enough to get stinking drunk, just enough to make him overly contemplative.”

— Julia Quinn

“I squinted from the thick tobacco smoke, the breath of cheap alcohol, and the sweet or very sour smells of wildly divergent hygiene. “Hey!”

— Kenneth C. Johnson

“Adrian had a Guinness because I guess he felt like drinking a loaf of bread or something. That's what it smelled like, anyway.”

— Cherie Priest

“Without a word, he walked over to the sideboard and grabbed one of the decanters and a crystal glass. He returned to his seat…

— Sylvain Reynard

“He flicked his cigarette at me. Luckily, I was still wet, and it was mostly extinguished upon contact. I sat on his lap and…

— Nicole Castle

“Life’s too short for this shit,’ he had announced to his empty apartment, and that had been the end of the great whiskey experiment.”

— Stephen King

“It is not a good idea to spray finest brandy across the room, especially when your lighted cigar is in the way.”

— Terry Pratchett

“I shot it back and closed my eyes, considering a trip to the liquor store. But there wasn’t enough whiskey in the universe to…

— Jamie McGuire

“He just cleaned the bathroom.” “So?” “I’ve been sending samples into the lab when I got bored. They are as of yet unidentified. It…

— Amy Lane

“It didn’t take him thirty seconds to have a swig of vodka and a hefty sniff before his hands were as steady as a…

— Matthew Bracey

“No, he didn’t drink because he’d seen every kind of reason for diving into a bottle, seen them up close and personal. But he’d…

— Eliza Maxwell

“This had always been the worst time when the quiet emptiness could leave him gasping for breath. She was there, his wife, a peripheral…

— Sarah Winman