Stephnie Melhorn

“​"Sure there's a hell..." I could hear him saying it now, now, as I lay here on bed with her breath in my face, and her body squashed against me... "It is the drab desert where the sun sheds neither warmth nor light and Habit force-feeds senile Desire. It is the place here mortal Want dwells with immortal Necessity, and the night becomes hideous with the groans of one and the ecstatic shrieks of the other. Yes, there is a hell, my boy, and you do not have to dig for it.”
― Jim Thompson, Savage Night

“So this is how cunts that never shag fuckin well live. A life oy impotence, resentment, anger and frustration; nae fuckin exuberance in life, forced tae become an Internet troll or a miserable drunk in a boozer.”
― Irvine Welsh, A Decent Ride

“As if the physical proximity can make up for the emotional distance.”
― Irvine Welsh, Ecstasy

“And even a small amount of talent can go an appallingly long way, these days.”
― Iain Banks, Espedair Street