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“Strange as it may seem, there is nothing in which a young and beautiful female appears to more advantage than in the art of smoking.”

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Herman Melville

Herman Melville was a renowned 19th-century American novelist known for his profound psychological descriptions and unique literary style. His masterpiece, 'Moby-Dick', is considered a classic of American literature. more

“Hugh returned from his trip, and days later I still sounded like a Red Chinese asking questions about the democratic hinterlands. "And you actually saw people smoking in restaurants? Really! And offices, too? Oh, tell me again about the ashtrays in the hospital waiting room, and don't leave anything out."”

People Stills Waiting Rooms Saws Office Red Asking Democratic Chinese Restaurants Smoking Hospitals Asking Questions Waiting Rooms Ashtrays

Author:David Sedaris

“She only maintains that it is possible, under some circumstances, for a lady to murder her husband; but that a woman who wears ankle-strap shoes and smokes on the street corner, though she may be a joy to all who know her and have devoted her life to charity, could never qualify as a lady.”

Knows May Joy Streets Circumstances Husband Murder Charity Shoes Corners Smoke Smoking Devoted Ankles Street Corners

Book:Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium

Source: Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium

“...smoking is just a habit. 'Tolstoy', she said, mentioning someone I hadn't met, 'says that just as much pleasure can be got from twirling the fingers'. My impulse was to tell her Tolstoy was off his onion, but I choked down the heated words. For all I know, the man might be a bosom pal of hers and she might resent criticism of him, however justified.”

Knows Men Said Might Pleasure He Man Habit Mets Criticism Fingers Impulse Smoking Justified Bosoms Resent Onions Pals Twirling

Book:The Cat-Nappers

Source: The Cat-Nappers

“It is quite a three-pipe problem.”

Problem Three Smoking Pipe

Author:Arthur Conan Doyle

“I was warned to stop smoking, which I did, for two or three days, but it was too lonesome, and I have resumed - in a modified way - 4 smokes a day instead of 40. This will have a good effect. On the bank balance.”

Way Two Three Effects Balance Smoke Smoking Lonesome Stop Smoking

Author:Mark Twain

“If I start going back to church, I'd have to stop the smoking and drinking, and I wouldn't be able to curse any more.”

Ifs Able Church Drinking Curse Smoking Smoking And Drinking

Author:Katherine Heigl

“Ten to 20 years out, driving your car will be viewed as equivalently immoral as smoking cigarettes around other people is today.”

People Years Today Car Ten Driving Smoking Cigarette Immoral Smoking Cigarettes

Author:Marc Andreessen

“When I was in seventh grade my mom caught me smoking cigarettes and punished me by making me smoke the entire carton. All it did was piss me off because I was out of cigarettes.”

Mom Caught My Mom Smoke Smoking Grades Cigarette Smoking Cigarettes Seventh Grade

Author:Pink

“You may have heard that back in the States there are some people who are smoking grass. I don't know how you feel, but it's sure easier than cutting the stuff.”

People Knows Feels May States Stuff Know How Cutting Heard Easier Grass Smoking How You Feel

Author:Pat Morita

“I will go so far as to say probably smoking had something to do with my pancreatic cancer.”

Cancer Smoking Pancreatic Cancer

Author:Patrick Swayze

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