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“Anything could happen in the company of a woman whose usual status is ‘apparitionâ€�.”
― Margot McCuaig, The Birds That Never Flew

“Glasgow is still full of churches built in the last century. Half of them have been turned into warehouses.”
― Alasdair Gray, Lanark

“Coulda made something oâ€� himself. But a luckless man. All his days a luckless man. The kinna man woulda got two complimentary tickets for the Titanic.â€� The unintentional humour of her remark was like her natural appetite for life reasserting itself. Harkness couldn’t stop smiling. It was as if Glasgow couldn’t shut the wryness of its mouth even at the edge of the grave.”
― William McIlvanney, The Papers of Tony Veitch

“Glasgow was home-made ginger biscuits and Jennifer Lawson dead in the park. It was the sententious niceness of the Commander and the threatened abrasiveness of Laidlaw. It was Milligan, insensitive as a mobile slab of cement, and Mrs Lawson, witless with hurt. It was the right hand knocking you down and the left hand picking you up, while the mouth alternated apology and threat.”
― William McIlvanney

“Jimmy shot him a look that patently said: ‘Mon noo, Wee-man, whit are ye waitin fur? Ah’ve set ye up tae get in her knickers!”
― Jamie Holoran, Rounder's People

“Christ â€� wid ye take a look at that numpty? Fuckin "Popeye" izzit?â€� Jimmy gestured towards the bar. ‘C**t obviously husnae hud his spinach, eh?”
― Jamie Holoran, Rounder's People

“We sat still, our breathing loud and rhythmic, its music melancholy, a traditional song of sorrow.”
― Margot McCuaig, The Birds That Never Flew