Men do not knowingly drink for the effect alcohol produces on the body. What they drink for is the brain-effect; and if it must come through the body, so much the worse for the body.
Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
It was the worst hurt he had ever known.
Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know.
It's better to stand by someone's side than by yourself