Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is

Image, Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl’s clothes off.

—Raymond Chandler

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