Malcolm Lowry: Drinking

Malcolm Lowry was British writer. Explore interesting quotes on drinking.

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“How, unless you drink as I do, could you hope to understand the beauty of an old Indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken?”

Malcolm Lowry book Under the Volcano

Source: Under the Volcano

“But my lord, Yvonne, surely you know by this time I can’t get drunk however much I drink.”

Malcolm Lowry book Under the Volcano

Source: Under the Volcano (1947), Ch. III (p. 85)

“And how could he know whether it was a good omen or not without another drink?”

Malcolm Lowry book Under the Volcano

Source: Under the Volcano (1947), Ch. VII (*p. 201)

“In the final analysis there was no one you could trust to drink with you to the bottom of the bowl.”

Malcolm Lowry book Under the Volcano

Source: Under the Volcano (1947), Ch. V (*p. 147)