"The head can travel a far piece while the body sits in one spot. It can traverse many decades, and many conversations can be had, even with the dead."
- Mary Karr
"Tomorrow! How sweet its prospects for a drunkard the night before. There is no better word. Before the earth hurls itself into sunshine, nothing is not possible."
"Slurping these spirits is soul preparation, a warped communion, myself serving as god, priest, and congregation."
"That was it. To be a rolling stone. In the romantic places of the earth. Ready for a fight, a frolic, or a feed. And since I was Irish, since I was Billy Hamill's son, since I was from Brooklyn: a dri..."
- Pete Hamill
"His eyes are so clear and blue that nothing but clichés enter my mind."
- Augusten Burroughs
"His laugh is made of porch swings and lemonade."
"Every person in the AA program who's successful is living proof that he or she does have power over addictive drugs and alcohol- the power to stop."
- Chris Prentiss
"AA purports to be open to anyone, as it is stated in Tradition Tree, "The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking," but it isn't open to everyone. It's open only to those who a..."
"If you drink anymore, you're going to be positively flammable."
- Michaela Haze
"Happiness was an evasive emotion that could not be fabricated, duplicated, or happened upon. It was something that was only handed out to a select few, but just like his mother, Ethan realized that he..."
- Belinda G. Buchanan