“... and had a face like a bulldog licking vinegar off a thistle...”
“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.”
“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.”
“My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.”
“Like God's own chocolate, I'd lick her shadow off a hot sidewalk”
“Vinegar: that's what fear smells like.”