# Quote — Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

> "We are all acquaintances now". It goes beyond our personal junk circumstances; a brilliant metaphor for our times.

- Author: [Irvine Welsh](https://www.leafyquotes.com/irvine-welsh.md)
- Book: [Trainspotting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/irvine-welsh/trainspotting.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Irvine_Welsh#Trainspotting_(1993)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/irvine-welsh/trainspotting/we-are-all

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> Still, failure, success, what is it? Whae gies a fuck. We aw live, then we die, in quite a short space ay time n aw. That's it; end ay fuckin story.

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> How many shots does it take before the concept ay choice becomes obsolete?

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> He died a hero they sais. Ah remember that song: Billy Don't Be A Hero. In fact, he died a spare prick in uniform, walkin along a country road wi a rifle in his hand. He died an ignorant victim ay imperialism, understanding fuck all about the myriad circumstances that led to his death. That was the real crime, he understood fuck all about it. All he hud tae guide him through this great adventure in Ireland, which led tae his death, was a few vaguely formed sectarian sentiments. The cunt died exactly how he lived: completely fuckin scoobied.

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