Graham Greene quote: There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped' growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the ...

There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped' growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the moment of relief.

~ Graham Greene ~

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