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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt

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Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)

by Armistead Maupin

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“There's no app for a bourbon buzz on a warm day in a cool, dark bar. The world will always want a drink.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

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“Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial - you'd think all women do is clean and bleed.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

tags: marketing, women

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“I'm just afraid of having a tombstone that says HERE LIES A PROMISING OLD MAN.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

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“Gately can't even imagine what it would be like to be a sober and drug-free biker. It's like what would be the point. He imagines these people polishing the hell out of their leather and like playing a lot of really precise pool.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

tags: addiction, alcoholics-anonymous, bikers, drugs, recovery, sobriety

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“Why do prostitutes when they get straight always try and get so prim? It's like long-repressed librarian-ambitions come flooding out.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

tags: addiction, librarians, prostitutes, prostitution, recovery, sex-work

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