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"Actually I'm reading a new English translation of this, titled The Passage of Roses, publishing soon by Sinoist Books. But it's not listed on Goodreads so I'm linking to this Chinese language edition simply to keep my numbers accurate. Hopefully the English edition will get listed at some point - I can't be bothered with the inevitable hassle of trying to get it added myself." — May 02, 2026 05:05PM
"Actually I'm reading a new English translation of this, titled The Passage of Roses, publishing soon by Sinoist Books. But it's not listed on Goodreads so I'm linking to this Chinese language edition simply to keep my numbers accurate. Hopefully the English edition will get listed at some point - I can't be bothered with the inevitable hassle of trying to get it added myself." — May 02, 2026 05:05PM
“It has never been hard to tell the difference between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.”
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“Coulda made something o’ himself. But a luckless man. All his days a luckless man. The kinna man woulda got two complimentary tickets for the Titanic.” The unintentional humour of her remark was like her natural appetite for life reasserting itself. Harkness couldn’t stop smiling. It was as if Glasgow couldn’t shut the wryness of its mouth even at the edge of the grave.”
― The Papers of Tony Veitch
― The Papers of Tony Veitch
“But the shouts and smell of smoke had a powerful effect on me. I don't say they excited me, but they gave a sort of universality to what I was feeling. I am who I am because I am not them - well, I was not alone in feeling that. We were all who we were because we were not them. So why did that translate into hate? I don't know, but when everyone's feeling the same thing it can appear to be reasonableness.”
― J
― J
“And when you and I are long forgot, they'll say, 'You should have heard them playing. You should have seen them marching, then.' And it'll snow again. But it'll no break 'til after the parade. And when we come back from the hill it'll be bitter cold, and a wee bit misty maybe, and pink over the roofs. I see it fine.”
― Tunes of Glory
― Tunes of Glory
“Glasgow was home-made ginger biscuits and Jennifer Lawson dead in the park. It was the sententious niceness of the Commander and the threatened abrasiveness of Laidlaw. It was Milligan, insensitive as a mobile slab of cement, and Mrs Lawson, witless with hurt. It was the right hand knocking you down and the left hand picking you up, while the mouth alternated apology and threat.”
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