“Sometimes ah think that people become junkies just because they subconsiously crave a wee bit ay silence.”

Renton, "Kicking: The Skag Boys, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mother Superior" (Chapter 1, Story 1).
Source: Trainspotting (1993)

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