“The book tries to explore that idea of when you share a whiskey like this with someone, you are communicating all sorts of complicated ideas about how you feel about them, without having to use anything so clumsy as language. If you come to my house, and I pour you a bottle of my Pappy, I’m saying 15 different things about how I’m honored that you’re in our home and that I’m grateful for this time we get to spend together.” - Author Wright Thompson talking about what’s communicated by sharing a glass of fine bourbon with someone.