William Faulkner Quotes

When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there's no holding me.

William Faulkner

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• When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there's no holding me.

  

  William Faulkner
  • Holding
  • Martini
  • Superlatives