Portrait of the Alcoholic Quotes

“envy is the only deadly sin that's no fun for the sinner”
― Kaveh Akbar, Portrait of the Alcoholic

“I am less horrible than I could be
I've never set a house on fire
never thrown a firstborn off a bridge
still my whole life I answered every cry for help with a pour
with a turning away
I've given this coldness many names
thinking if it had a name it would have a solution
thinking if I called a wolf a wolf I might dull its fangs”
― Kaveh Akbar, Portrait of the Alcoholic

“Is there a vocabulary for this - one to make dailiness amplify and not diminish wonder?”
― Kaveh Akbar, Portrait of the Alcoholic