{"quotes":[{"text":"I was a fool, alone, preparing to do what every fool did at such times—I was going to a bar to drink myself smart.","author":"Genna Rulon","tags":["alcohol","bar","drinking","fool","fools","hard-times","intelligence","smart"],"id":270,"author_id":"Genna+Rulon"},{"text":"He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses  though he be not drunk.","author":"Epictetus","tags":["drinking"],"id":862,"author_id":"Epictetus"},{"text":"Partying and dancing have never been my thing, but drinking I could do with reasonable familiarity and skills. I decided to begin there.","author":"Vann Chow","tags":["beers","coming-of-age","dating","drinking","drinking-alcohol","meeting-girls","party","partying"],"id":1706,"author_id":"Vann+Chow"},{"text":"They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.","author":"Old saying","tags":["drink","drinking","drinkers"],"id":4014,"author_id":"Old+saying"},{"text":"Somehow, we were passing the boundaries of language and finding clarity in shared thought, even if we were just talking about beer!","author":"Gerry Abbey","tags":["asia","drinking","inspirational","memoir","southeast-asia","taiwan","teachers","teaching","travel","travel-writing","writing"],"id":4173,"author_id":"Gerry+Abbey"},{"text":"There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.","author":"Raymond Chandler","tags":["drinking","whiskey"],"id":4493,"author_id":"Raymond+Chandler"},{"text":"I’m only doing one more,” Ruby said, scrolling through her phone. “Nobody likes a day-drunk hussie.”“Hey, give yourself some credit. You’ll be a really cute day- drunk hussie.","author":"Daniel Younger","tags":["drinking"],"id":5253,"author_id":"Daniel+Younger"},{"text":"At the time I started in ballet they were dancing 'The Spirit of Champagne' on pointe, in Paris. I thought, 'I don't want to dance the spirit of champagne, I want to drink it!","author":"Martha Graham","tags":["drinking"],"id":6488,"author_id":"Martha+Graham"},{"text":"You tasted like fireAnd I miss that.So, at timesI drank a little.And at times,I drank too much.But I only drankTill it burned me enough.","author":"Saiber","tags":["absence","alcohol","breakup","burn","drinking","fire","love","missing","relationships"],"id":11349,"author_id":"Saiber"},{"text":"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.","author":"W.C. Fields","tags":["belief","drinking","humor"],"id":11478,"author_id":"W.C.+Fields"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":532,"pages":54,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}