“Narcotics cannot still the ToothThat nibbles at the soul --”
“Books are a narcotic.”
“Once you love, you cannot take it back, cannot undo it; what you felt may have changed, shifted slightly, yet still remains love. You still feel-though very small-the not-altogether unpleasant shock of soul recognition for that person.”
“Williamsburg was stifling, narcotized by the heat.”
“Ego is the world's worst narcotic”
“Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.”