“Love's the only thing I've thought of or read about since I was knee-high. That's what I always dreamed of, of meeting somebody and falling in love. And when that remarkable thing happened, I was going to recite poetry to her for hours about how her heart's an angel's wing and her hair the strings of a heavenly harp. Instead I got drunk and hollered at her and called her a harpy.” LoveHeartFallHoursHappenedHairAngelWingsMeetingsFalling In LoveThings HappenDrunkKneesRemarkableHeavenlyStringsHarpsHarpies Author:Ben Hecht
“Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for him, became a metaphor for a populist president who had gotten drunk with the perks of his own power and was sort of, you know, not sensitive to what people wanted.” PeopleKnowsCountryWantedForcePresidentCuttingAirHairSittingBillsClintonMetaphorDrunkSensitiveHeelsAir ForcePerksPopulistHair CutAir Force One Author:Dee Dee Myers
“and I get refill number three or four and the wine is making my bones loose and it's giving my hair a red sheen and my breasts are blooming and my eyes feel sultry and wise and the dress is water.” GivingFeelsEyeThreeWaterNumbersWiseFourHairRedDressesWineBonesDrunkBreastsBloomingNumber ThreeRefills Book:Willful Creatures Source: Willful Creatures
“And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware! Beware! His flashing eyes, his floating hair! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.” ShouldEyeHeardCryHairHolyRoundsCirclesDrunkParadiseFedsHoneyMilkDreadFloatingDewThrice Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge