Quote by Tom Robbins

“I order three martinis and down them in quick succession, shuddering at the strength of the alcohol. When they don’t immediately work, I order…

— Helen Harper

“I took a sip from my second martini, feeling as decadent as one of those jazz piano players who smoke a lot and drink…

— André Aciman

“After about ten seconds, he inhaled and shook”

— Alice Clayton

“I should like to elbow aside the established pieties and raise my martini glass in salute to the mortal arts of pleasure.”

— Bob Shacochis

“You could viddy it all right, all of it, very clear—tables, the stereo, the lights, the sharps and the malchicks—but it was like some…

— Anthony Burgess

“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,…

— Stuart Connelly

“Recalling it afterwards, that moment stood out in his mind vividly, distinctly, for ever; he could not make out how he had had such…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“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

“They carried on a curious intermittent conversation which flicked on and off like the beams of a lighthouse suddenly nipped into silence by the…

— George Orwell

“They sat in silence for a full minute, the air between them growing heavy, as if they both wanted to speak, and yet had…

— Dan Brown

“Your presence resembles a dirty martini, she only drinks it when she’s thirsty.”

— Shannon Lynette

“interrupted, he would fall silent, then began his sentence again in exactly the same place to tell it in his own way, at his…

— Mar Preston