“Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.” ShouldFirstsEnemyMinesMy FriendsThirdsDrinkingGlassesTemplesFourthGood Humor Book:The spectator Source: The spectator
“I wish I had the luxury of time to read and write like grad students do. That sounds pretty awesome. When I was writing my first book one of my friends was going to grad school at the same time and I heard a lot of stories about drinking, too. I feel like everyone was having affairs.” FeelsWritingFirstsBookStoriesSchoolWishSoundHeardStudentsMy FriendsDrinkingAffairLuxuryGradGrad School Author:Jami Attenberg
“My name is Adam. My father's name is Adam. Having the same name as your father, it's alright until your voice changes. My friends would always call up, 'Is Adam there?' My father would say, 'This is Adam.' My friends would say, 'Adam, you were so wasted last night.'” LastsNightFatherNamesVoiceMy FriendsDrinkingAdamLast NightAlrightFunny Drinking Author:Adam Sandler
“I don't go to parties. I don't go to clubs. My friends and I don't go drinking, we play D&D. I'm still a weird entity in the world.” WorldStillsPlayPartyMy FriendsDrinkingClubsEntity Author:Matthew Lillard
“At about the age of ten, my friends and I discovered the joys of sitting in graveyards drinking merrydown cider and kissing and stealing our elder siblings' records.” AgeJoyRecordsTenKissingSittingMy FriendsDrinkingStealingEldersSiblingGraveyardCider Author:Beth Orton
“When I became an adult, I had absolutely nothing against drinking alcohol. Many of my friends drank. I would often make wine and offer it, but I never sat down and drank it myself. That affect my religious practice.” ReligiousPracticeOffersMy FriendsAdultsDown AndWineDrinkingAlcoholSatDrankAbsolutely NothingDrinking AlcoholReligious Practices Author:David C. Driskell
“Now that lilacs are in bloom She has a bowl of lilacs in her room And twists one in her fingers while she talks. "Ah, my friend, you do not know, you do not know What life is, you who hold it in your hands"; (slowly twisting the lilac stalks) "You let it flow from you, you let it flow, And youth is cruel, and has no remorse And smiles at situations which it cannot see." I smile, of course, And go on drinking tea.” KnowsHandsLife IsCoursesRoomsSituationYouthGoes OnMy FriendsFlowDrinkingFingersTeaBowlsRemorseTwistsStalkingI SmileLilacDrinking Tea Book:The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems Source: The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems