# Quote — Jeffrey Ford, The Drowned Life

> After my mother finally quit drinking, she entered a brief epoch of peace in her life. Gone were the paranoia, the accusations, the belittlements, the bitter rage of judgment, the look of fear. For years, nearly every day a lost weekend, she had been possessed by the dark amber ghast of gag-sweet Taylor Cream Sherry. Living with her back then had been like living with a vampire whose bite drained but never conferred immortality.

- Author: [Jeffrey Ford](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jeffrey-ford.md)
- Book: [The Drowned Life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jeffrey-ford/the-drowned-life.md)
- Page: 91
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jeffrey-ford/the-drowned-life/after-my-mother

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> An honor it was, too, as he told me, “You know that because you don’t get paid anything for it.”

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> “There is only one term for this war,” said the old man with the sunglasses. “‘Clusterfuck.’ Cluster as in ‘cluster’ and fuck as in ‘fuck.’ No more need be said.”

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> The lion is fur, muscle, tendon, claw, and speed, five important ingredients of the unfathomable.

p. 119 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jeffrey-ford/the-drowned-life/the-lion-is-fur.md)