“She wished it were evening now, wished for the great relief of the calendar inking itself out, of day done and night coming, of ice cubes knocking about in a glass beneath the whisky spilling in, that fine brown affirmation of need.”
― Michelle Latiolais, Widow: Stories

“Ah," Anselmo took the cup, put his head back and let it run down his throat. He looked at Maria standing holding the bottle and winked at her, tears coming from both his eyes. "That," he said. "That." Then he licked his lips. "That is what kills the worm that haunts us.”
― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

“Now I know why I have struggled with my drinking all these years ‘cause I see your face every time I pick a glass.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Letter 19

“a behavior repeated because it seems to produce reinforcement, even though it is actually unnecessary”
― Dennis Coon, Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior

“I will be doing two things tonight well . . . 1, Drinking in your establishment and 2, Growing my Hair Long”
― Kevin Kolenda

“I prefer music to think to, not drink to.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

“It wasn't thirst for the drink that made us want to go where it was, but only the need to have a merry night instead of the misery that we knew only too well before. What the drop of drink did to us was to lift up the hearts in us, and we would spend a day and a night ever and again in company together when we got the chance.”
― Tomas O'Crohan, The Islandman