Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned. May not one lost soul be permitted to abstain?
~ George Bernard Shaw
Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
~ Samuel Jackson
So, after three days of incessant brandy-drinking, he had burned out the youth from his blood, he had achieved this kindled state of oneness with all the world, which is the end of youth's most passionate desire.
~ D.h. Lawrence
It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering dislike, had hysterics, marched out, were dragged back in and revived with brandy. It wasn't a French salon.
~ Martin Cruz Smith
Charity liked brandy. She liked the way it burned her throat while soothing the ache in her heart.
~ Elizabeth Jane Howard
