Distraction Quote by Alexandra Martin

“I wanted it the way an alcoholic must want booze: badly enough to shove aside the hard knowledge that this was a truly lousy…

— Tana French

“Common sense got drunk and giddy when Olivia was on the premises. Maybe he should just raise a glass, too, and dub reason a…

— Kelly Moran

“Mostly because I’ve realized what a lame teenager I was. I was always home at the stroke of midnight; I didn’t like drinking mash;…

— Karin Tidbeck

“Have a drink, and try to relax. All right, have another drink. There are times when getting drunk's not a bad idea.”

— John Christopher

“Getting sober is a radically creative act.”

— Meredith Bell

“He was drunk, but this was something he’d thought about for a long time and needed no sobriety to express—just a listener.”

— Olen Steinhauer

“Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Drunk puzzle night had been a little too much fun.”

— Tracy Brogan

“Apparently, nothing focuses a drunk like a quest.”

— Johnny Shaw

“And yes. They did become very drunk, the three of them. And you're not supposed to be drunk when you get involved in matters…

— Robert Rankin

“Alcohol. It can give the courage to talk dirty and the permission to go home with the bartender. It’s the alibi. The cover story.…

— Emma Chase

“Another? … I don’t really drink….Trying to kill the nerves...”

— Roxanne Kade