“After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.”
“The champagne had been donated by one of Gus's doctors - Gus being the kind of person who inspires doctors to give their best bottles of champagne to children.”
“Don't die with a bottle of champagne in your fridge.”
“I'm going out for a bottle of champagne. We're going to get bombed.”
“She was poison in a pretty bottle.”
“The thing about champagne,you say, unfoiling the cork, unwinding the wire restraint, is that is the ultimate associative object. Every time you open a bottle of champagne, it's a celebration, so there's no better way of starting a celebration than opening a bottle of champagne. Every time you sip it, you're sipping from all those other celebrations. The joy accumulates over time.”