Literary Quotes About Over-Imbibing

Signature Reads brings us some quotes from authors, for whom drinking and parties seem to be necessary evils:

Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, 1940

“Next to music, beer was best."

Dorothy Parker, The Collected Dorothy Parker, 2007

“I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I’m under the table,
after four I’m under my host.”

Chelsea Handler, My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands, 2005

“The thought of giving up alcohol crossed my mind too, but I was soon reminded of the promise to Ketel One, Grey Goose, and other top-shelf vodkas that I had made in my early twenties. Never turn your back on someone who has asked nothing in return.”

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