“Bradshaw sighed and swallowed, feeling the volatile coldness in his throat and trying to remember what tequila tasted like. Pepper and turpentine, as far as he could recall.”

—  Tim Powers, book Expiration Date

Source: Expiration Date (1995), Chapter 40 (p. 312)

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