Top 160 Douglas Stuart Quotes (2024 Update)
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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Now, the years of sedentary taxi driving had taken what was already average and also made it round.”

151. “Now, the years of sedentary taxi driving had taken what was already average and also made it round.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “She thought of the happy hours parked under the Anderston overpass, happy hours before they really truly knew one another.”

152. “She thought of the happy hours parked under the Anderston overpass, happy hours before they really truly knew one another.”

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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.”

153. “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: “He had been rubbing her back one morning as she told him she wanted to live somewhere she could have her anonymity back, a place her pride could be restored.”

154. “He had been rubbing her back one morning as she told him she wanted to live somewhere she could have her anonymity back, a place her pride could be restored.”

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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.”

155. “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: “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?”

156. “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: “I was going to go out and get you a new daddy.”

157. “I was going to go out and get you a new daddy.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “As she spoke, her bottom lip looked like it might burst. “Oor Louise has special needs, and her school has donkeys. Does yer school have donkeys?” “No.” “Well, ah think ye should go to her school because it has donkeys.” She took a satisfied tug on the foamy beer.”

158. “As she spoke, her bottom lip looked like it might burst. “Oor Louise has special needs, and her school has donkeys. Does yer school have donkeys?” “No.” “Well, ah think ye should go to her school because it has donkeys.” She took a satisfied tug on the foamy beer.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Well, they’re aw at it. It’s what us boys do when we’re alone. A bit of fun. ‘Asides, it’s like a tradition to some folk. You’re jist no supposed to mention it when you’re poor, but when ye’re rich, haw, haw, haw. It’s what all they posh boys do the gether. Oxford is full of it. Aw they boarding schools. They all love a bit o’ casual buggering down there.”

159. “Well, they’re aw at it. It’s what us boys do when we’re alone. A bit of fun. ‘Asides, it’s like a tradition to some folk. You’re jist no supposed to mention it when you’re poor, but when ye’re rich, haw, haw, haw. It’s what all they posh boys do the gether. Oxford is full of it. Aw they boarding schools. They all love a bit o’ casual buggering down there.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “For as long as he could remember Hamish had taken a pleasure in trying to break his temper; trying to find and pierce the water balloon filled with tears that sat inside everyone.”

160. “For as long as he could remember Hamish had taken a pleasure in trying to break his temper; trying to find and pierce the water balloon filled with tears that sat inside everyone.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Mammy, can you no help?’ and ah just turned to her and said, ‘I have raised my children. I. Am. Done.”

161. “Mammy, can you no help?’ and ah just turned to her and said, ‘I have raised my children. I. Am. Done.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Shuggie always chose the same bright pink sponge pyramid, covered in red and white desiccated coconut and trimmed with a sugary sweetie on top. He would walk home very slowly in Wullie’s shadow, enjoying his spoils.”

162. “Shuggie always chose the same bright pink sponge pyramid, covered in red and white desiccated coconut and trimmed with a sugary sweetie on top. He would walk home very slowly in Wullie’s shadow, enjoying his spoils.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “Dance for me, Hugh,” said Agnes, out of the blue. “Eh?” answered Shuggie, rolling over on the carpet.”

163. “Dance for me, Hugh,” said Agnes, out of the blue. “Eh?” answered Shuggie, rolling over on the carpet.”

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Douglas Stuart Quote: “There was a time he would have taken pride in this orderliness. In reality, pushing the metal through the bumpy pink flesh was the easy part; the difficult part was resisting the urge to do the same to the customers.”

164. “There was a time he would have taken pride in this orderliness. In reality, pushing the metal through the bumpy pink flesh was the easy part; the difficult part was resisting the urge to do the same to the customers.”

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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.”

165. “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: “I love the Smiths.”

166. “I love the Smiths.”

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

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

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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.”

168. “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.”

169. “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: “I do fight for her!” he said. “Mostly with herself, but it’s still a fight.”

170. “I do fight for her!” he said. “Mostly with herself, but it’s still a fight.”

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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.”

171. “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: “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.”

172. “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: “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.”

173. “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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