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1 " As the soil was renewed, so one's feelings seemed to change, uniting in some inexplicable way with a distant age when the eyes and ears of men were more alert to sights, sounds, and fine distinctions. "
― Valentin Rasputin , Money For Maria And Borrowed Time: Two Village Tales
2 " How can anyone not drink?...Is anyone fool enough not to want to feel good? The day you have a drink's always like a holiday. If you only now when to stop. "
3 " How can anyone not drink?...Is anyone fool enough not to want to feel good? The day you have a drink's always like a holiday. If you only know when to stop. "
4 " In the olden days, at least, they knew when to stop. ""Now they don't any more. In the olden days they had some shame as well.""Yes, now they ain't got no shame either. "
5 " They're clinking glasses and knocking it back to their hearts' content. Tastes so good they can't stop. Ain't you heard the old saying: 'Money comes from God and the Devil collects it?' Well, the Devil's collecting his share now. "
6 " It wasn't that easy to leave your established home, the place made sacred by the graves of your parents, and move on to who knew where. "
7 " Of course, drinking is an art, like lots of other things. "