#drinking

It wasn't supposed to. It was just supposed to stop you from hurting yourself.” “It helps—” “No it doesn't. It just pushes it away temporarily. Just like the booze.” “But I need—” “You need to let yourself feel. Feel it, own it. Then move on.” “You make it sound so easy.” Bitterness drips from each syllable. “It’s not. It’s the fucking hardest thing a person can do.” I smooth a damp strand out of her face and away from my mouth. “It’s the hardest fucking thing. It’s why we drink and do drugs and fight. It’s why I play music and build engines. ↗

— Jasinda Wilder

#colton #cope #coping #cutting #drinking

Drummond appreciated his guest's initial silence, his respect for the ancient, sacred act of imbibing. Drink first, talk later. ↗

— Jean Zimmerman

#drinking #priorities #respect

Oh, yeah.” Carissa nodded. “They were googley-eyed in class on Friday. It was pretty steamy, the whole ‘I’m screwing you with my eyes’ thing they had going on.” I choked on my drink. “That was not what we were doing. We were talking! ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#daemon #katy #drinking

Rita looked as though she would have liked nothing better than to seize the paper umbrella sticking out of Hermione's drink and thrust it up her nose. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#hermione-granger #rita-skeeter #drinking

Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doing what all British people do when they're freaked out: drinking tea. ↗

— Rachel Hawkins

#demonglass #rachel-hawkins #sophie #tea #drinking

After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#drinking

One more drink and I'll be under the host. ↗

— Mae West

#drinking #drunkenness #drinking

I drink blood, you eat tacos, get the f*ck over it!" -Michel Glass ↗

— Rachel Caine

#drinking

I try to convince myself that it's the alcohol talking. But alcohol can't talk. It just sits there. It can't even get itself out of the bottle. ↗

— David Levithan

#drinking

I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains. ↗