Eileen

“Prevention of disease was more important than cure.”
― Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

“Everyone should have a cosy shell around them, a good coat with money in the pockets. I must be a Socialist.”
― 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

“Very poor children learn to beg, lie and steal from their parents – they would hardly survive otherwise. Prosperous parents tell their children that nobody should lie, steal or kill, and that idleness and gambling are vices. They then send them to schools where they suffer if they do not disguise their thoughts and feelings and are taught to admire killers and stealers like Achilles and Ulysses, William the Conqueror and Henry the Eighth. This prepares them for life in a land where rich people use acts of parliament to deprive the poor of homes and livelihoods, where unearned incomes are increased by stock-exchange gambling, where those who own most property work least and amuse themselves by hunting, horse-racing and leading their country into battle.”
― Alasdair Gray, Poor Things