Alasdair Gray Quotes

Nature gives children great emotional resilience to help them survive the oppressions of being small...

...there were certain chapters when I stopped writing, saw the domestic situation I was in and thoug...

I don't think anybody should read anything except for fun because you won't learn anything unless yo...

Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.

Metaforen är ett av tankens väsentligaste verktyg. Den belyser vad som annars skulle ligga helt i mö...

The body of the last Flealouse contained the flesh of everything that had ever lived. It was content...

He looked at them and saw their faces did not fit. The skin on the skulls crawled and twitched like ...

Glasgow is a magnificent city,” said McAlpin. “Why do we hardly ever notice that?” “Because nobody i...

Who did the council fight?""It split in two and fought itself.""That's suicide!""No, ordinary behavi...

People who care nothing for their country's stories and songs,' he said, 'are like people without a ...

Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having.

I clenched my teeth and fists to stop them biting and scratching these clever men who want no care f...

Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her.Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of ...

One day you will tell me how to change what I cannot yet describe without my words swelling HUGE, vo...

Movement turns dead dogs into maggots and daisies, and flour butter sugar an egg and a tablespoon of...

You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most pr...