“ Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith. Irvine Welsh
“ There's that horrible-beautiful moment, that bitter-sweet impasse where you know that somebody is bullshitting you but they're doing it with such panache and conviction...no, it's because they say exa… Irvine Welsh
“ Take your best orgasm, multiply the feeling by twenty, and you're still fuckin miles off the pace Irvine Welsh
“ I pay more tax registered in Holland than I would in the USA, but better gieing to the Dutch to build dams than the Yanks to build bombs. Irvine Welsh
“ Me contó un montón de cosas que yo no quería oír, cosas que mi madre y mi padre nunca supieron, y que odiarían saber. Lo cabrón que era Billy con ella. Cómo en ocasiones la golpeaba, la humillaba, y l… Irvine Welsh
“ This thought though, is nowhere near sufficient tae stop us fae daein what ah huv tae dae. Irvine Welsh
“ You can only learn through failure, and what ye learn is the importance ay preparation. Irvine Welsh
“ The games are always been played, and no one plays the games like me. You just have to be the best. And I usually am. Irvine Welsh
“ I'm glad our slivers of existence intersected in a Venn diagram between the crushing slabs of oblivion on either side of them Irvine Welsh
“ Some people spend years in counselling trying to cope with being fucked up. I just move on. The fucked-upness always goes. The conventional wisdom is that you're running away, you should learn to cope… Irvine Welsh
“ It seems to go beyond our personal junk circumstances; a brilliant metaphor for our times. Irvine Welsh
“ Ah fuckin hate the way some American cunts call lassies cunts. Fuckin offensive, that shite. Irvine Welsh
“ Whin yir oan junk, aw ye worry aboot is scorin. Oaf the gear, ye worry aboot loads ay things. Nae money, cannae git pished. Goat money, drinkin too much. Cannae git a burd, nae chance ay a ride. Git a… Irvine Welsh
“ Now most people would put this doon tae experience, ye always want what ye cannae have and the things that ye dinnae really gie a toss aboot get handed tae ye oan a plate. Irvine Welsh
“ This internal sea. The problem is that this beautiful ocean carries with it loads ay poisonous flotsam and jetsam … that poison is diluted by the sea, but once the ocean rolls out, it leaves the shite… Irvine Welsh
“ Okay baby, let's take this rocket to Uranus. This hoor is perfect, and she can act as well. Irvine Welsh
“ Renton looks at her and sees her pain and anger. It cuts himup. It confuses him. Kelly has a great sense of humour. What's wrong with her? The knee–jerkthought: Wrong time of the' month is forming in… Irvine Welsh
“ Ah'm thinking about shoutin 'stop' but ah could never turn away at this point. If smack is as addictive as they say, then ah'm already aw the junky ah'm ever gaunny be. Irvine Welsh
