Eileen

“rich nations depend on infant mortalities”
― Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

“I needed to admire a woman who needed and admired me. Will I say it anatomically? Spermatic ejaculation can only induce homoeostasis in me if accompanied by prolonged stimulation of higher nerve centres whose pressure upon the ductless glands changes the chemistry of my blood not for a few spasmodic minutes but for many tingling days. The woman I imagined stimulated me like that.”
― Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

“I discovered most younger people are happily unfeeling toward parents and guardians they feel confident with.”
― Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

“I did not dream of her because I never dream at all, but when we next met I believed for almost a minute that I was in bed dreaming although I was wide awake in a public park.”
― Alasdair Gray, Poor Things