“Nobody understands that by the time the addiction has set in the alcoholic is mandated to drink ... he cannot not drink! Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, 'Jiminy Cricket, I feel sensational! My life is really in great shape! I think I'll become an alcoholic!' I firmly believe that when a shaking-to-pieces alcoholic says he needs a drink or he will die, he means it.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsBelieveMeanLife IsDiesMorningPiecesDrinkShapesWake UpAddictionCricketAlcoholismAlcoholicsShakingSensational Author:Mercedes McCambridge
“I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room” LifeLongEnoughPlayFunnyDiesRoomsFlowerHumorousWittyDressingsDressing RoomsPlastic Flowers Book:The Quality of Mercy Source: The Quality of Mercy
“So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so” PeopleIfsThinkingHelpingSeemsWantedDiesAshamedWanted To Die Author:Mercedes McCambridge
