“Drinking’s funny. When I look back on it, all of our important decisions have been figured out when we were drinking. Even when we talked about having to cut back on drinking, we’d be sitting at the kitchen table or out at the picnic table with a six-pack or whiskey.”

—  Raymond Carver , book What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981)

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