Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.
I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.
The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.
Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.
Real intellectuals like to escape once in a while from their world of intellect.
It's really amazing that two people from such different backgrounds and geographical origins ever got together. That was perhaps part of the attraction.