Quote by Holliday Vann Download Open image ““Yuck. Apple Martinis. Green rubbing alcohol in a crooked glass.”” — Holliday Vann ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Your presence resembles a dirty martini, she only drinks it when she’s thirsty.” — Shannon Lynette Copy Share Image
“I should like to elbow aside the established pieties and raise my martini glass in salute to the mortal arts of pleasure.” — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
“She ordered a martini and encouraged me to, but said she couldn't drink it with her medication. She just liked seeing it in front… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
“If you drink, you risk divulging your secrets. Here, have another glass.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“I took a breath. Pictured the bed waiting for me upstairs. Then retreated to the lobby bar alone and ordered an ice-cold gin martini, a small signal to myself that my work was done. I held the glass, its inverted construction an insult to gravity and the order of things. Just like our Movement, from the outside the balance of… — Stuart Connelly Copy Share
“Gino refilled my glass. “What a night. Booze, broads, and a barroom brawl.” — Michael Murphy Copy Share Image
“She slapped down a mug of something that was, he suspected, technically alcohol, but only because it had a good lawyer.” — Curtis Craddock Copy Share Image
“See, vodka, that’s drinking. Beer—well, beer is just getting the inside of your mouth wet.” — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“You looked ridiculous walking around the city carrying an empty wineglass. I don't care to be associated with a drunk. Particularly one who damages… — Danielle L. Jensen Copy Share Image
“The day was several shades of gray depending upon where the eye wandered, and the streets were wet. But in a lower part of… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
“On any woman, the shine was brilliant. But, in contrast to their dark skin, it truly was the Milky Way of watches.” — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
“The tiny snowflakes seemed not to be falling at all, just hovering in the air. So few flakes and so minute, it was as… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
“Dessah’s mind kept taking her to places she didn’t want to go. Hearing about her aunt’s heart attack, all of a sudden, her body… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
“When you get to the house . . .” The child’s head was already saying yes before he could finish his question. “You gone… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
“Dessah smiled, but only for a brief second, realizing that children nowadays knew that they were poor. If the children were not sure, the… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
“Sherry would have been attractive, but hard living was not only worn on her yellow face. It was in the wrinkled frailty of her… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
“He was watching. But her muscles in her back would not let her turn around to let him see in her eyes what being… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
“The suicide attempt, like the rest of Dessah’s life, hadn’t worked out. She had awakened the next morning groggy as hell and merely rested.… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
“Dessah pulled her legs up to her chest and laid her head between her knees. The mother that used to live inside of her… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
“The boys didn’t say a word. They stared at their mother, through to the back of her eyes, looking for her, but unable to… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
“She’s dead.” Dessah was, at first, taken aback by the comment. “Did you hear me, Dessah? I said, ‘My mama is dead’.” With her… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
