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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Big Shug Bain had seemed so shiny in comparison to the Catholic. He had been vain in the way only Protestants were allowed to be, conspicuous with his shallow wealth, flushed pink with gluttony and waste.”

51. “Big Shug Bain had seemed so shiny in comparison to the Catholic. He had been vain in the way only Protestants were allowed to be, conspicuous with his shallow wealth, flushed pink with gluttony and waste.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “From his real father he had inherited a gentle personality, quiet and pensive, lonesome and faraway.”

52. “From his real father he had inherited a gentle personality, quiet and pensive, lonesome and faraway.”

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53. “Shuggie sat there listening to them amuse themselves. He took the red football book and dropped it into the dark drawer of this strange school desk. He was glad, at least, to be done with that. It was clear now: nobody would get to be made brand new.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “I learnt how to start a fire. I learnt how to put bait on a hook.” “See!” Mo-Maw sounded like she was relieved. “That’s what ah telt our Jodie. That’s what ah wanted you to do this for. Masculine pursuits. It’ll make a man out of ye.”

54. “I learnt how to start a fire. I learnt how to put bait on a hook.” “See!” Mo-Maw sounded like she was relieved. “That’s what ah telt our Jodie. That’s what ah wanted you to do this for. Masculine pursuits. It’ll make a man out of ye.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “She had loved him, and he had needed to break her completely to leave her for good.”

55. “She had loved him, and he had needed to break her completely to leave her for good.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “They were silent a good long time after that. It grew so late it became early.”

56. “They were silent a good long time after that. It grew so late it became early.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Shug would have liked to leave a sovereign print on his face.”

57. “Shug would have liked to leave a sovereign print on his face.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Are you going to stick in at the school?” “I’ll try.” “Well, try harder. Don’t make the same mistake as me, Shuggie. Make something of yourself.”

58. “Are you going to stick in at the school?” “I’ll try.” “Well, try harder. Don’t make the same mistake as me, Shuggie. Make something of yourself.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “As I reached out for help, everyone shrank back from me; they pulled away from fear that the fire would return.”

59. “As I reached out for help, everyone shrank back from me; they pulled away from fear that the fire would return.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “The morning light was the colour of too-milky tea. It snuck into the bedsit like a sly ghost, crossing the carpet and inching slowly up his bare legs.”

60. “The morning light was the colour of too-milky tea. It snuck into the bedsit like a sly ghost, crossing the carpet and inching slowly up his bare legs.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “He hadn’t known that the sky could hold so many hues – or he hadn’t paid it any mind before. Did anyone in Glasgow look up?”

61. “He hadn’t known that the sky could hold so many hues – or he hadn’t paid it any mind before. Did anyone in Glasgow look up?”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Without questioning it, Mungo sat up in the bed and oriented himself to lie beside James. He pulled the boy on to his chest and felt the crumpled wetness of his face. He held him, just like Jodie would hold him, and let him remember his mother. It was good to put your weight on someone else, even if it was just for a short while.”

62. “Without questioning it, Mungo sat up in the bed and oriented himself to lie beside James. He pulled the boy on to his chest and felt the crumpled wetness of his face. He held him, just like Jodie would hold him, and let him remember his mother. It was good to put your weight on someone else, even if it was just for a short while.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “She’s no gonnae get any better, son. Come away from there.” Shuggie paused for a second, he looked over his narrow shoulder bone and shrugged. “But she might.”

63. “She’s no gonnae get any better, son. Come away from there.” Shuggie paused for a second, he looked over his narrow shoulder bone and shrugged. “But she might.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Mungo bent forward and lifted his sister off her feet. He wore her like a backpack and carried her, giggling, through to the narrow kitchenette. He dropped her in front of the electric cooker. “Feed me, woman.” Jodie extended two fingers and jabbed upwards into his ribs. “That shite doesn’t suit you. So don’t try it. Haaah-ha.”

64. “Mungo bent forward and lifted his sister off her feet. He wore her like a backpack and carried her, giggling, through to the narrow kitchenette. He dropped her in front of the electric cooker. “Feed me, woman.” Jodie extended two fingers and jabbed upwards into his ribs. “That shite doesn’t suit you. So don’t try it. Haaah-ha.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “He had long perfected the art of staring through people, leaving conversations to follow his daydreams through the back of their heads and out any open window.”

65. “He had long perfected the art of staring through people, leaving conversations to follow his daydreams through the back of their heads and out any open window.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “He’d stopped counting a while ago. To have marked her sobriety in days was like watching a happy weekend bleed by: when you watched it, it was always too short. So he just stopped counting.”

66. “He’d stopped counting a while ago. To have marked her sobriety in days was like watching a happy weekend bleed by: when you watched it, it was always too short. So he just stopped counting.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “She narrowed her eyes when she first heard the flat, dull thud of Gallowgate’s accent. Glaswegians.”

67. “She narrowed her eyes when she first heard the flat, dull thud of Gallowgate’s accent. Glaswegians.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Whole housing estates of young men who were promised the working trades of their fathers had no future now. Men were losing their very masculinity.”

68. “Whole housing estates of young men who were promised the working trades of their fathers had no future now. Men were losing their very masculinity.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Mo-Maw smiled wanly before her eyes glazed over and filled with a faraway look. It was the look that the melancholy singers got at Hogmanay; the old men who gathered in corners and burst into mournful song, ruining good spirits, making old women cry.”

69. “Mo-Maw smiled wanly before her eyes glazed over and filled with a faraway look. It was the look that the melancholy singers got at Hogmanay; the old men who gathered in corners and burst into mournful song, ruining good spirits, making old women cry.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “The blood ran backwards into his nose and bubbled into his throat; he turned his head to the side and it poured out on to the grey ground in a great crimson custard. Shuggie couldn’t move as the boy sat on his chest and Francis stood on his free arm. He lay there making some gurgling noises as the blood collected in his throat. At least the crowd was delighted. Only then did the tears come.”

70. “The blood ran backwards into his nose and bubbled into his throat; he turned his head to the side and it poured out on to the grey ground in a great crimson custard. Shuggie couldn’t move as the boy sat on his chest and Francis stood on his free arm. He lay there making some gurgling noises as the blood collected in his throat. At least the crowd was delighted. Only then did the tears come.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Tattie-bogle believed that better things, brighter lights, bigger laughs were always happening to women who had no children.”

71. “Tattie-bogle believed that better things, brighter lights, bigger laughs were always happening to women who had no children.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “There was a gentleness to his being that put girls at ease; they wanted to make a pet of him. But that sweetness unsettled other boys.”

72. “There was a gentleness to his being that put girls at ease; they wanted to make a pet of him. But that sweetness unsettled other boys.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Agnes Bain was too rare a thing to let someone else love. It wouldn’t do to leave pieces of her for another man to collect and repair later.”

73. “Agnes Bain was too rare a thing to let someone else love. It wouldn’t do to leave pieces of her for another man to collect and repair later.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “It looked like the lager beauties sometimes did, a careless printer and a misaligned screen, and suddenly the woman was no longer whole, just a mess of different layers.”

74. “It looked like the lager beauties sometimes did, a careless printer and a misaligned screen, and suddenly the woman was no longer whole, just a mess of different layers.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “After that Shuggie tried to keep his eyes moving. He tried to surreptitiously soak in all the details of his father. He knew almost nothing about him, and while the others ate, he stole sideways glances at the man and wondered why he tolerated these other children but had left him.”

75. “After that Shuggie tried to keep his eyes moving. He tried to surreptitiously soak in all the details of his father. He knew almost nothing about him, and while the others ate, he stole sideways glances at the man and wondered why he tolerated these other children but had left him.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Red-haired, stocky, and flat-faced, his head joined directly to his body as if a neck were an unnecessary luxury.”

76. “Red-haired, stocky, and flat-faced, his head joined directly to his body as if a neck were an unnecessary luxury.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Shuggie put the phone back on the cradle and stood in the hallway, waiting for her to say something, anything. Agnes could have said anything then, and he would have taken it and he would have forgiven her.”

77. “Shuggie put the phone back on the cradle and stood in the hallway, waiting for her to say something, anything. Agnes could have said anything then, and he would have taken it and he would have forgiven her.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Her brother was her mother’s minor moon, her warmest sun, and at the exact same time, a tiny satellite that she had forgotten about. He would orbit her for an eternity, even as she, and then he, broke into bits.”

78. “Her brother was her mother’s minor moon, her warmest sun, and at the exact same time, a tiny satellite that she had forgotten about. He would orbit her for an eternity, even as she, and then he, broke into bits.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “It gave me that much pleasure just to be proud of you.”

79. “It gave me that much pleasure just to be proud of you.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Shug smiled. She was only twenty-four and already his doormat. “I didnae think you were coming,” she said, climbing into the back of the taxi. “What did you call me out here fur?” “I missed ye, that’s all,” she said. “I haven’t seen ye in weeks.” She rolled her thick legs open and shut coquettishly. “You’ve no gone off o’ me, have ye?” She grinned.”

80. “Shug smiled. She was only twenty-four and already his doormat. “I didnae think you were coming,” she said, climbing into the back of the taxi. “What did you call me out here fur?” “I missed ye, that’s all,” she said. “I haven’t seen ye in weeks.” She rolled her thick legs open and shut coquettishly. “You’ve no gone off o’ me, have ye?” She grinned.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “He was Mo-Maw’s youngest son, but he was also her confidant, her lady’s maid, and errand boy. He was her one flattering mirror, and her teenage diary, her electric blanket, her doormat. He was her best pal, the dog she hardly walked, and her greatest romance. He was her cheer on a dreich morning, the only laughter in her audience.”

81. “He was Mo-Maw’s youngest son, but he was also her confidant, her lady’s maid, and errand boy. He was her one flattering mirror, and her teenage diary, her electric blanket, her doormat. He was her best pal, the dog she hardly walked, and her greatest romance. He was her cheer on a dreich morning, the only laughter in her audience.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Here was yet another person telling him what he needed, how he should act, the person he should be. Another person who didn’t think he was enough just as he was.”

82. “Here was yet another person telling him what he needed, how he should act, the person he should be. Another person who didn’t think he was enough just as he was.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Her brother had been gifted with legendary stubbornness; he just stared through you and floated away, leaving behind his frame to be pecked to pieces.”

83. “Her brother had been gifted with legendary stubbornness; he just stared through you and floated away, leaving behind his frame to be pecked to pieces.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “He rested his ear against the door and prayed for Eugene to stay, prayed that his mother would find strength to stay off the drink and be at peace. Then he prayed for God to make him normal for his birthday.”

84. “He rested his ear against the door and prayed for Eugene to stay, prayed that his mother would find strength to stay off the drink and be at peace. Then he prayed for God to make him normal for his birthday.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “She thought about tilting further then, dared herself to do it. How easy it would be to kid herself that she was flying, until it became only falling and she broke herself on the concrete below.”

85. “She thought about tilting further then, dared herself to do it. How easy it would be to kid herself that she was flying, until it became only falling and she broke herself on the concrete below.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “He pushed his whole bloodied head under the freezing water. He knelt quietly for a minute, holding his breath, but the burn of shame wouldn’t go. He rubbed at his bloody face, and the water streaked and danced with light pink streamers. That’s very pretty, he thought, then he regretted thinking like that.”

86. “He pushed his whole bloodied head under the freezing water. He knelt quietly for a minute, holding his breath, but the burn of shame wouldn’t go. He rubbed at his bloody face, and the water streaked and danced with light pink streamers. That’s very pretty, he thought, then he regretted thinking like that.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Jodie reached her hand out to push his hair away and he stepped away from her. He could look at Jodie, but he wouldn’t let her touch him again. If Jodie, of all people, could not love him, all of him, perhaps he could not be loved.”

87. “Jodie reached her hand out to push his hair away and he stepped away from her. He could look at Jodie, but he wouldn’t let her touch him again. If Jodie, of all people, could not love him, all of him, perhaps he could not be loved.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “It was a relief in the same way old people enjoyed having a child in the room, because it gave them something to fuss over when they had nothing left to say to each other.”

88. “It was a relief in the same way old people enjoyed having a child in the room, because it gave them something to fuss over when they had nothing left to say to each other.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “She’s never going to get off the drink.” Shuggie was staring into the swampy broth. “She might. I just have to try harder to help her.”

89. “She’s never going to get off the drink.” Shuggie was staring into the swampy broth. “She might. I just have to try harder to help her.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Spell it,” said Jodie quickly. “Spell whut?” “Genetics.”

90. “Spell it,” said Jodie quickly. “Spell whut?” “Genetics.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “As girls, they had clung to one another like a string of pearls and sang at the top of their voices all the way down Sauchiehall Street.”

91. “As girls, they had clung to one another like a string of pearls and sang at the top of their voices all the way down Sauchiehall Street.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “That was the problem with the young ones; they saw no reason to not expect better for themselves. She’d definitely have to go.”

92. “That was the problem with the young ones; they saw no reason to not expect better for themselves. She’d definitely have to go.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “It was a fresh start, she had thought, and hopefully a better class of alcoholic.”

93. “It was a fresh start, she had thought, and hopefully a better class of alcoholic.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “It was hard at first to start moving again, to feel the music, to go to that other place in your head where you keep your confidence. It didn’t go together, the shuffling feet and the jangly limbs, but like a slow train it caught speed and soon he was flying again. He tried to tone down the big showy moves, the shaking hips and the big sweeping arms. But it was in him, and as it poured out, he found he was helpless to stop it.”

94. “It was hard at first to start moving again, to feel the music, to go to that other place in your head where you keep your confidence. It didn’t go together, the shuffling feet and the jangly limbs, but like a slow train it caught speed and soon he was flying again. He tried to tone down the big showy moves, the shaking hips and the big sweeping arms. But it was in him, and as it poured out, he found he was helpless to stop it.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Once upon a time the wind whipping off the sea had turned the front of her thighs blue with the cold, but Agnes couldn’t feel it because she had been happy.”

95. “Once upon a time the wind whipping off the sea had turned the front of her thighs blue with the cold, but Agnes couldn’t feel it because she had been happy.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Jodie had the peculiar courage of a girl who never expected to be hit by a man – which was strange, because all three siblings had seen their mother suffer at the hands of her boyfriends. There was no man that Jodie would not answer back, and although Mungo admired that about his sister, he thought she put too much faith in the decency of men. This belief, this bravery, gave her a gallus tongue.”

96. “Jodie had the peculiar courage of a girl who never expected to be hit by a man – which was strange, because all three siblings had seen their mother suffer at the hands of her boyfriends. There was no man that Jodie would not answer back, and although Mungo admired that about his sister, he thought she put too much faith in the decency of men. This belief, this bravery, gave her a gallus tongue.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “At half past ten her hair and her make-up were already done, and although she wasn’t leaving the house she put on her low-cut jumper and a fitted grey skirt. She sat drinking the dregs of old lager and wondering where exactly her boy was hiding from his childhood.”

97. “At half past ten her hair and her make-up were already done, and although she wasn’t leaving the house she put on her low-cut jumper and a fitted grey skirt. She sat drinking the dregs of old lager and wondering where exactly her boy was hiding from his childhood.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “The others tittered and went about ransacking the place with a sense of relief. There was nothing more shameful than being a poofter; powerless, soft as a woman.”

98. “The others tittered and went about ransacking the place with a sense of relief. There was nothing more shameful than being a poofter; powerless, soft as a woman.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “The pictures aroused him. Sometimes – when Jodie was in bed, and Hamish was sleeping at Sammy-Jo’s – he would take his brother’s stiff magazine full of buttery soft women. He liked the spreads with men in them the best and so he folded the page, turned the women to the back, and gave them a little rest.”

99. “The pictures aroused him. Sometimes – when Jodie was in bed, and Hamish was sleeping at Sammy-Jo’s – he would take his brother’s stiff magazine full of buttery soft women. He liked the spreads with men in them the best and so he folded the page, turned the women to the back, and gave them a little rest.”

— Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart Quote: “They were happy with her alone, with her sobriety and the peace it brought.”

100. “They were happy with her alone, with her sobriety and the peace it brought.”

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