Holism Quotes
Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
Letter to A. N. Pleshcheev, October 9, 1888.
Drink! for you know not when you came, nor why; Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, Christopher Decker (1997). “Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition”, p.198, University of Virginia Press
Unrecognized alcoholism is the ruling pathology among writers and intellectuals.
Diana Trilling (1993). “The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling”, Harcourt
"Exit Music". Book by Ian Rankin, 2007.
Many a person has been saved from summer alcoholism, not to mention hypertoxicity, by Dostoyevsky.
Roy Blount, Jr. (2013). “Now, Where Were We?”, p.250, Villard
Jennifer Stone (1992). “Telegraph Avenue then”, Regent Pr
Caroline Knapp (1999). “Drinking: A Love Story”, p.57, Dial Press