Quote by David McCullough

“Everything about his character and manners was forcible and violent; there never was any moderation; many a day did he fast, many a year…

— James Boswell

“He was in that stage of love–and of liquor–where one is completely taken up with oneself, and can get along very well without the…

— Françoise Sagan

“But he hated to be sober. It made him conscious of the people around him, of that air of struggle, of greedy ambition, of…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Aside from these infrequent outbursts he possesses the gentle demeanor that sometimes trails the newly sober, that deep acceptance that comes with realizing how…

— Nick Flynn

“Liquor is a good servant but a fucking cruel master. You keep going the way you were, and you’ll be more than fucked.”

— Tillie Cole

“Alcoholism is an imperfect spiritual longing.”

— Tom Robbins

“He believed a man should never be sober but never be drunk. And he believed in watching out for family, even if you had…

— Allan Dare Pearce

“He wasn't a happy drunk and when he'd had too much, his frustration spilled out of him in an angry torrent of false bravado.…

— Ed Duncan

“I have never seen anyone drink like he did. To say he drank with a vengeance is almost understating it: it was almost as…

— Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

“Long ago there was a man that was crucified for being too loving and too lovable. And strange to relate I met him thrice…

— Kahlil Gibran

“This was a high that could never be duplicated. It was a high more dangerous to a man's soul than any found in a…

— Lora Leigh

“A spirit could not be coerced into corruption, it had to be seduced. It had to participate actively. It had to crave.”

— James Kahn