
“Day offers two equally necessary sacraments - the benediction of morning and the absolution of dusk. In the morning coffee blesses and in the evening wine absolves.”
― Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons From the Champions of Everyday Life
― Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons From the Champions of Everyday Life
“I'm not an alcoholic, I am freedom fighter against the teetotal taliban.”
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“things will never be as good as we hoped or as bad as we feared.”
― Lessons
― Lessons

“He eyed her critically. "You look like all your birthdays came at once."
"I look happy to you?"
"No, old. Am I the only one round here speaks English?”
― London Rules
"I look happy to you?"
"No, old. Am I the only one round here speaks English?”
― London Rules

“Antibiotics’ll clear it up.â€� ‘They tend not to work with drink taken.â€� ‘They’re drugs, they’re not fucking Irishmen.”
― Joe Country
― Joe Country

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