Quotes from book
The Acid House

The Acid House

The Acid House is a 1994 book by Irvine Welsh, later made into a film of the same name. It is a collection of 22 short stories, with each story featuring a new set of characters and scenarios.


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“Aye Oedipus, yir a complex fucker right enough”

Source: The Acid House

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“Bad luck is usually transmitted by close proximity to habitual sufferers.”

The narrator talking about Ange after they are released from prison.
"Stoke Newington Blues".
The Acid House (1994)

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“Ah jist shrugged, -- Well, as one anarchist plumber sais tae the other: smash the cistern.”

A conversation between plumbers.
"A Blockage in the System".
The Acid House (1994)

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“Once you've been with each other in a primal, shagging state, it's hard to talk about the weather.”

A Smart Cunt: A Novella, "Marriage" (Chapter 13).
The Acid House (1994)

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“That's all very well as an abstract moral principle, Avril, a coffee-table theoretical construct, but there's no denying the sheer gratuitous pleasure to be derived from seeing members of the ruling class in pain and torment.”

A Smart Cunt: A Novella, "Marriage" (Chapter 13).
Darren and Brian explaining their own notions of anarchy to Avril.
The Acid House (1994)

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