“The echo of the first shot, like the first sip of whiskey, burning...”
“The first sip of beer on a hot day is like that first finger-dip when you open a new jar of peanut butter.”
“Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.”
“The face of a man who had sipped life's vinegar and found it, by and large, to be mostly whiskey, and good whiskey at that.”
“When the High King was killed - first poisoned, several times, then shot with pistols, then his head cut off, then burned in the great palace fire ... no one really liked to talk about it ...”
“Like the first whiff of burning incense, or like the taste of one's first cup of saké, there is in love that moment when all its power is felt.”