{"id":4145,"date":"2016-01-03T02:06:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T09:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2017-04-27T08:03:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:03:38","slug":"addiction-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/addiction-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Quotes about Addiction from Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Addiction“I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly; a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!”<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Othello<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0William Shakespeare<\/a><\/p>\n

He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which he had opened. “It is cocaine,” he said, “a seven-per-cent solution. Would you care to try it?”<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Sign of The Four<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<\/a><\/p>\n

Drugs age you after mental excitement. Lethargy then. Why? Reaction. A lifetime in a night. Gradually changes your character.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Ulysses<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0James Joyce<\/a><\/p>\n

“I am only myself when I am drunk. Liquor makes me human. At other times I’m merely Charley Steele!”<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Right of Way<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Gilbert Parker<\/a><\/p>\n

“I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one-half his days and mad the other.”<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Tenant of Wildfell Hall<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Anne Bronte<\/a><\/p>\n

More Addition Quotes from Literature<\/a><\/h3>\n

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