The best thing is the combined effect of nicotine with alcohol, greater than the sum of the two parts.
Sebastian FaulksGradually the feeling wears off, and I feel swamped again by the inexplicable pettiness of being alive.
Sebastian FaulksPeople never explain to you exactly what they think and feel and how their thoughts and feelings work, do they? They don't have time. Or the right words. But that's what books do. It's as though your daily life is a film in the cinema. It can be fun, looking at those pictures. But if you want to know what lies behind the flat screen you have to read a book. That explains it all.
Sebastian Faulks