We start off with high hopes, then we bottle it. We realise that we’re all going to die, without really finding out the big answers. We develop all those long-winded ideas which just interpret the reality of our lives in different ways, without really extending our body of worthwhile knowledge, about the big things, the real things. Basically, we live a short disappointing life; and then we die. We fill up our lives with shite, things like careers and relationships to delude ourselves that it isn’t all totally pointless.
Thir must be less tae life than this - Irvine Welsh
Thir must be less tae life than this
- Irvine Welsh
Some people are easier to love when you don't have to be around them. - Irvine Welsh
Some people are easier to love when you don't have to be around them.
By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, … - Irvine Welsh
By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, …
You can't lie to your soul. - Irvine Welsh
You can't lie to your soul.
I was anti-everything and everyone. I didn't want people around me. This aversion was not some big crippling anxiety; merely a mature recognition of … - Irvine Welsh
I was anti-everything and everyone. I didn't want people around me. This aversion was not some big crippling anxiety; merely a mature recognition of …
His eyes are wild, psychotic slits that bat-dance in your soul looking for good things to crush or bad elements to identify with. - Irvine Welsh
His eyes are wild, psychotic slits that bat-dance in your soul looking for good things to crush or bad elements to identify with.
I enjoy the freedom of the blank page. - Irvine Welsh
I enjoy the freedom of the blank page.
Most people with good jobs, middle-class occupations, what have you, are only one pitfall away from social embarrassment and destitution. It's so pre… - Irvine Welsh
Most people with good jobs, middle-class occupations, what have you, are only one pitfall away from social embarrassment and destitution. It's so pre…
I'd always done a lot of sniffing glue as a kid. I was very interested in glue, and then I went to lager and speed, and I drifted into heroin because… - Irvine Welsh
I'd always done a lot of sniffing glue as a kid. I was very interested in glue, and then I went to lager and speed, and I drifted into heroin because…
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