I cannot sustain hate for longer than a couple of years.

I am responsible for no one but myself.

If I have to climb to heaven on a ladder, I shall decline the invitation.

I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits

I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it

Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting.

Like so many other recovered alcoholics, I am to this day bewildered that it took so long for me to understand that there was no such animal as 'social drinking' for me; that it had nothing to do with my willpower or self-respect or moral fiber, that it was a simple biochemical intolerance to a drug.