Absinthe
Absinthe is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from several plants, including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium ("grand wormwood"), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs. Historically described as a highly alcoholic spirit, it is 45–74% ABV or 90–148 proof in the US.
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[edit]- Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.
- Book of Revelation 8:10-11 NKJV.
- Spesso pensavo di aver visto un sacco di cose. Di aver fatto tante di quelle esperienze che la mia vita mi aveva sfibrato. Nulla poteva più emozionarmi. Ero sfinito. Questo fu prima che bevessi l'assenzio. Quel succo è distillato dal piscio di Lucifero. Ora so perché Van Gogh si era tagliato un orecchio e perché Toulouse-Lautrec disegnava piccoli nani baffuti. Non era una malattia mentale, era colpa dell'assenzio.
- I often thought I saw a lot of things. Of having had so many of those experiences that my life had exhausted me. Nothing could move me anymore. I was exhausted. This was before I drank absinthe. That juice is distilled from Lucifer's piss. Now I know why Van Gogh cut off his ear and why Toulouse-Lautrec drew little mustachioed dwarves. It wasn't a mental illness, it was absinthe's fault. (p. 221)
- Tucker Max, Spero che servano birra all'inferno (I hope they serve Beer in Hell, 2006), translation into Italian by Roberto Goracci, Tea, 2009. ISBN 88-502-1882-0.
- I often thought I saw a lot of things. Of having had so many of those experiences that my life had exhausted me. Nothing could move me anymore. I was exhausted. This was before I drank absinthe. That juice is distilled from Lucifer's piss. Now I know why Van Gogh cut off his ear and why Toulouse-Lautrec drew little mustachioed dwarves. It wasn't a mental illness, it was absinthe's fault. (p. 221)
- Uno dei ragazzi ci parla dell'assenzio. Spiega che lo ha portato dall'Europa perché in America è illegale, pare che sia molto forte (80 gradi) e si dice che abbia proprietà allucinogene. Gli dico che odora di patchouli e acqua di narghilè.
- One of the boys tells us about absinthe. He explains that he brought it from Europe because it is illegal in America, it appears to be very strong (80 degrees) and is said to have hallucinogenic properties. I tell him it smells like patchouli and hookah water. (p. 225)
- Tucker Max, Spero che servano birra all'inferno (I hope they serve Beer in Hell, 2006), translation into Italian by Roberto Goracci, Tea, 2009. ISBN 88-502-1882-0.
- One of the boys tells us about absinthe. He explains that he brought it from Europe because it is illegal in America, it appears to be very strong (80 degrees) and is said to have hallucinogenic properties. I tell him it smells like patchouli and hookah water. (p. 225)
