Quote by Charles Dickens

“The drink prices were inflated, and so were the breasts of the bartender. The place had a quiet discord that was waiting to be…

— Thor Benson

“The place trembled with sound. I didn't need to do anything. They would do it all. But you had to be careful. Drunk as…

— Charles Bukowski

“I went out and had a drink. I needed to talk to someone, and solitary drinkers are lucky in this regard— they always have…

— Daniel Quinn

“I was drunk but not drunk enough to say what I wanted, that we don't live our lives so much as come to them,…

— Michael Byer

“A sovereign among commoners, he appears removed from the common patrons..”

— Francette Phal

“He wanted one drink, and understood precisely why he wasn't going to have one. One drink ended up arriving in a dozen glasses.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Drummond appreciated his guest's initial silence, his respect for the ancient, sacred act of imbibing. Drink first, talk later.”

— Jean Zimmerman

“Besides, she was alone and those who drink alone, she decided, had no need of any impediments to the pure act of consumption.”

— Alan Goodare

“The way a man drinks in company tells you nothing about him, but the way he drinks when alone reveals, without his realizing it,…

— Irène Némirovsky

“There are springs in the mind from which others cannot drink.”

— Clay Griffith

“Now, my intention was to drink just enough to dull the senses, but intentions should never be mixed with alcohol.”

— Kirt J. Boyd

“There was something intoxicating in the anonymity of it all.”

— Jennifer E. Smith This Is What Happy Looks Like