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““I suspect that drink has made you impulsive.“
“Drink makes me see funny; the gods made me impulsive.“”
— Scott Lynch, book Red Seas Under Red Skies
Source: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 1 “Little Games” section 4 (p. 29)
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