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Sailmaker QuotesDealing with death“As long as ye keep movin it doesnae hit ye.”- Davie“I was just standing there, crying – real big deep sobs. But the other part of me, the part that accepted, was just watching.”- Alec“My mother was dead.My mother was dead.”- Alec“A window in the sky to open and God to lean out and say my mother had arrived safe. “ - Alec“I don’t know what I had expected.”- Alec“I felt this glow. It was good to feel good. It had come on stronger since my mother had died.”- Alec“Just you and me now son.”- Davie“This used tae be ma mammys.”- Alec“Theres something I’ve lost. Something I’ve forgotten.”- AlecAlcoholism“You’ve been drinking, ah can smell it” - Alec“Didnae even hae a lot tae drink”- Davie“Just a wee half when ah finished my work” - Davie“Ye bevvying?” - BillyGambling/Debt“Did you gamble wi that bursary money?”- Alec“There was gonnae be nothing left after ah’d paid the light bill, had tae take a chance” -Davie“Couldnae lose, but It was even money… best part ae a week’s wages” - Davie“it’s a mugs game, the punter canny win” - Billy“You betting too heavy?” - BillyPoverty“Things are still a wee bit tight” - Davie“Electricity got cut off son. Couldnae pay the bill.” - Davie“The sun shone through the grey tenements, on the railings and the middens” - Alec Unemployment“ah’ve lost ma job” - Davie“Thing is, Billy being a painter had more chance ae a job. Ah backed a loser right fae the start” - Davie“Got ma jotters, weeks’ notice” - DavieGrowing Up“Ah’ve been thinking da. When ah go tae the University ah might get a wee palce ae ma own, wee bedsit or somthin, over near the Uni” - Alec“Yer mammy’s dead” - Davie“This exam’s comin up” - Alec“Ah hear ye’ve got a wee girlfriend!” - Davie“out tae play wi Ian.” - Alec“My mother was dead…. Over and over and over” - Alec“So ye go get bevvied. Forget it all.” - AlecReligion“Cannae burn a hymnbook” pg 57“I felt this glow. It was good to feel good. It had come on stronger since my mother had died.” pg 36“Away ye go! How can a colour be bad? Just because Catholics wear it.” pg 26“They Catholics have made it bad”“If the lord Jesus had come into my heart, I should know” pg 38”Bastard ,eh? Sicken ye. And he’s a pape.” Pg 20“It’s a protestant country isn’t it? An ah’m not ashamed tae show ma colours” pg 28“Right wee religious fanatic these days eh?” “Our Lady” pg 12 “ah thought ah saw her” pg 13“No surrender… Star of the Sea” pg 27“Typical fenians” pg 30“Ye have tae believe in something” pg 58“May God bless her and all who sail in her” pg 63Family Relationships“Can you no talk tae me these days” Pg 54“It’s hard son, it’s no easy on your own” Pg 55“I had a word with that bookie about the wee…business” Pg 27“Disnae matter we can kid on use your imagination” Pg 30“Ah always meant to” Alec- “just never did” Pg 63 Decline of Industry and GlasgowAh’m gonnae get ma da tae fix it up. Ma da’s a Sailmaker… Don’t know. Maybe there’s nae jobs.” p8“Nobody takes the care anymore. Nobody’s interested in this auld stuff.” p62“Nae demand. Was different durin the war. They needed us then awright. Reserved occupation it was. Meant ah couldnae sign up. Been goin downhill since then but. Yards shuttin doon. Look at Harland’s. Or where it was. Just a big empty space covered wi weeds.” p61“Ah backed a loser right fae the start. Then it got even worse. They strated bringin in aw the manmade fibres, usin machines. Got lassies daein hauf the work. Dead loss.” p62“Factory’s shuttin doon right enough son” p45 “It chucked me! The chandlers ah worked for shut doon. Ah got laid off. That was it. Nothin else doin. Nae work. Nobody needs a sailmaker these days.” p16“Glasgow made the Clyde, the Clyde made Glasgow…. I had a yacht y’ought tae see it. Put it in the canal. Ye can all see it.” p63-64“So that’s me. Scrubbed. Again. Laid off. Redundant. Services no longer required. Just like that.” p31“Work aw yer days an what’ve ye got to show for it? Turn roon an kick ye in the teeth. Ah mean, what have ye got when ye come right doon tae it? Nothin.” p31 ................
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