Quote by James Ellroy

“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

“The last of the three now said his say, as he put down his empty drinking vessel and smacked his lips.”

— Charles Dickens

“And just like that, I’d taken my first shot. I didn’t tell Jamie it was my first one, I didn’t think I needed to.…

— Kandi Steiner

“He had a mighty urge to pull out his pistol and let loose in every directon, right into the coffeehouse, smack through it's glass…

— Patrick Süskind

“He had one of those typical piece of shit days. The grind always. At least this time he had the guys to stay away…

— Henry Rollins

“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

“And I fired four more times at a lifeless body and the bullets sank in without leaving a mark. And it was like giving…

— Albert Camus

“Out of gin and tired as hell.”

— Ari Berk

“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

“When he was done adding sloe gin and grenadine, Danny shoved the glass across the counter to Drew. "Try that and tell me what…

— Brenna Yovanoff

“He was still so beautiful, though I recognized the signs of a hard struggle with alcohol and drugs. He was thinner than I remembered,…

— Kristan Higgins

“For he was drinking too much. Not uncontrollably nor offensively, but still he seldom seemed to have a glass out of his hand.”

— Rosamunde Pilcher