T. C. Boyle Quotes

I'd read somewhere that nine out of ten adults in Alaska had a drinking problem. I could believe it. Snow, ice, sleet, wind, the dark night of the soul: what else were you supposed to do?

T. C. Boyle

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• Soul
• Night
• Dark
• Wind
• Drinking
• Snow

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• I'd read somewhere that nine out of ten adults in Alaska had a drinking problem. I could believe it. Snow, ice, sleet, wind, the dark night of the soul: what else were you supposed to do?

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Believe
  • Soul
  • Night