Money for Maria and Borrowed time Quotes

“Of course, drinking is an art, like lots of other things.”
― Valentin Rasputin, Money for Maria and Borrowed time: Two village tales

“In the olden days, at least, they knew when to stop. "
"Now they don't any more. In the olden days they had some shame as well."
"Yes, now they ain't got no shame either.”
― Valentin Rasputin, Money for Maria and Borrowed time: Two village tales

“They're clinking glasses and knocking it back to their hearts' content. Tastes so good they can't stop. Ain't you heard the old saying: 'Money comes from God and the Devil collects it?' Well, the Devil's collecting his share now.”
― Valentin Rasputin, Money for Maria and Borrowed time: Two village tales

“It wasn't that easy to leave your established home, the place made sacred by the graves of your parents, and move on to who knew where.”
― Valentin Rasputin, Money for Maria and Borrowed time: Two village tales

“As the soil was renewed, so one's feelings seemed to change, uniting in some inexplicable way with a distant age when the eyes and ears of men were more alert to sights, sounds, and fine distinctions.”
― Valentin Rasputin, Money for Maria and Borrowed time: Two village tales

“How can anyone not drink?...Is anyone fool enough not to want to feel good? The day you have a drink's always like a holiday. If you only know when to stop.”
― Valentin Rasputin, Money for Maria and Borrowed time: Two village tales

“How can anyone not drink?...Is anyone fool enough not to want to feel good? The day you have a drink's always like a holiday. If you only now when to stop.”
― Valentin Rasputin, Money for Maria and Borrowed time: Two village tales