“Loneliness is lessened when you're lonely by choice.”

“You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.”

“Me and the bottle have always been friends, we've had a few old nasty fights but the bottle would always win, so when I go to answer that final curtain call, I can hear these words being whispered by all... Ol' George stopped drinking today.”

“There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.”

“Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks. Maybe some folks drink due to body chemistry and others due to their lazy characters. Maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to drink.”

“What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?”

“He distrusted her affection; and what loneliness is more lonely than distrust.”