“Williamsburg was stifling, narcotized by the heat.”
“Books are a narcotic.”
“Met a guy named Bill once. We met in Williamsburg and discussed the Bill of Rights and duck’s beaks.”
“Ego is the world's worst narcotic”
“Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.”
“Narcotics cannot still the ToothThat nibbles at the soul --”