Trainspotting Quotes
"Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: I don't feel the sickness yet, but it's in the post. That's for sure. I'm in the junkie limbo at the moment. Too ill to sleep. Too tired to stay awake, but the sickness is on its way. Sweat, chills, nausea. Pain and craving. A need like nothing else I've ever known will soon take hold of me. It's on its way.
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Francis (Franco) Begbie: That lassie got glassed, and no cunt leaves here till we find out what cunt did it.
Man: [shouts] Who the **** are you?
Francis (Franco) Begbie: Yeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! [kicks him in the crotch]
Man: [shouts] Who the **** are you?
Francis (Franco) Begbie: Yeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! [kicks him in the crotch]
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: The downside of coming off junk was I knew I would need to mix with my friends again in a state of full consciousness. It was awful. They reminded me so much of myself, I could hardly bear to look at them.
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Sick Boy: It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of life.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: What do you mean?
Sick Boy: Well, at one time, you've got it, and then you lose it, and it's gone forever. All walks of life: George Best, for example. Had it, lost it. Or David Bowie, or Lou Reed...
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Some of his solo stuff's not bad.
Sick Boy: No, it's not bad, but it's not great either. And in your heart you kind of know that although it sounds all right, it's actually just ****e.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: So who else?
Sick Boy: Charlie Nicholas, David Niven, Malcolm McLaren, Elvis Presley...
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: OK, OK, so what's the point you're trying to make?
Sick Boy: All I'm trying to do is help you understand that The Name of The Rose is merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: What about The Untouchables?
Sick Boy: I don't rate that at all.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Despite the Academy Award?
Sick Boy: That means **** all. The sympathy vote.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Right. So we all get old and then we can't hack it anymore. Is that it?
Sick Boy: Yeah.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: That's your theory?
Sick Boy: Yeah. Beautifully ****ing illustrated.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: What do you mean?
Sick Boy: Well, at one time, you've got it, and then you lose it, and it's gone forever. All walks of life: George Best, for example. Had it, lost it. Or David Bowie, or Lou Reed...
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Some of his solo stuff's not bad.
Sick Boy: No, it's not bad, but it's not great either. And in your heart you kind of know that although it sounds all right, it's actually just ****e.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: So who else?
Sick Boy: Charlie Nicholas, David Niven, Malcolm McLaren, Elvis Presley...
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: OK, OK, so what's the point you're trying to make?
Sick Boy: All I'm trying to do is help you understand that The Name of The Rose is merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: What about The Untouchables?
Sick Boy: I don't rate that at all.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Despite the Academy Award?
Sick Boy: That means **** all. The sympathy vote.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Right. So we all get old and then we can't hack it anymore. Is that it?
Sick Boy: Yeah.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: That's your theory?
Sick Boy: Yeah. Beautifully ****ing illustrated.
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Sick Boy: Personality, I mean that's what counts, right? That's what keeps a relationship going through the years. Like heroin, I mean heroin's got a great ****ing personality.
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Begbie : Did you bring the cards?
Sick Boy : What?
Begbie : The cards, the last thing I told you was to mind the cards!
Sick Boy : Well, I've not brought them.
Begbie : It's fucking boring after a while without the cards.
Sick Boy : I'm sorry.
Begbie : Bit fucking late, like.
Sick Boy : Why didn't *you* bring them?
Begbie : 'CAUSE I FUCKING TOLD YOU TO BRING THEM, YOU DOSS CUNT!
Sick Boy : ...Christ.
Sick Boy : What?
Begbie : The cards, the last thing I told you was to mind the cards!
Sick Boy : Well, I've not brought them.
Begbie : It's fucking boring after a while without the cards.
Sick Boy : I'm sorry.
Begbie : Bit fucking late, like.
Sick Boy : Why didn't *you* bring them?
Begbie : 'CAUSE I FUCKING TOLD YOU TO BRING THEM, YOU DOSS CUNT!
Sick Boy : ...Christ.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : I don't feel the sickness yet, but it's in the post. That's for sure. I'm in the junkie limbo at the moment. Too ill to sleep. Too tired to stay awake, but the sickness is on its way. Sweat, chills, nausea. Pain and craving. A need like nothing else I've ever known will soon take hold of me. It's on its way.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Swanney taught us to adore and respect the national health service. For it was the source of much of our gear. We stole drugs. We stole prescriptions or bought them, sold them, swapped them, forged them, photocopied them. Or traded drugs with cancer victims, alcoholics, old-age pensioners, AIDS patients, epileptics, and bored housewives.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Thank you, your honor. With God's help I'll conquer this terrible affliction.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : We would have injected vitamin C if only they had made it illegal!
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : [ narrating ] I wished that I'd gone down instead of Spud. Here I was surrounded by my family and my so-called mates and I've never felt so alone. Never in all my puff. Since I was on remand, they've had me on this program, this state sponsored addiction. Three sickly sweet doses of methadone a day instead of smack. But it's never enough. And at the moment it's nowhere near enough. I took all three this morning and now I've got eighteen hours to go until my next shot. I've got sweat on my back like a layer of frost. I need to visit the Mother Superior for one hit. One final hit to get us over this long, hard day. [ to Swanney 'Mother Superior' ]
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : What's on the menu this evening, Sir?
Swanney : Your favorite dish.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Excellent.
Swanney : Your usual table, Sir.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Oh, why thank you.
Swanney : Would Sir care to pay for his bill in advance?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : No. Stick it on my tab.
Swanney : Ah, regret to inform, sir, credit limit was reached and breached quite some time ago.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Oh, well in that case... [ hands him some cash ]
Swanney : Ah, hard currency. Thank you, Sir. Can't be too careful these days. Would Sir care for a starter of some garlic bread perhaps?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : No, thank you. I will proceed directly to the intravenous injection of hard drugs, please.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : What's on the menu this evening, Sir?
Swanney : Your favorite dish.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Excellent.
Swanney : Your usual table, Sir.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Oh, why thank you.
Swanney : Would Sir care to pay for his bill in advance?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : No. Stick it on my tab.
Swanney : Ah, regret to inform, sir, credit limit was reached and breached quite some time ago.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Oh, well in that case... [ hands him some cash ]
Swanney : Ah, hard currency. Thank you, Sir. Can't be too careful these days. Would Sir care for a starter of some garlic bread perhaps?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : No, thank you. I will proceed directly to the intravenous injection of hard drugs, please.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : [ narrating ] Take the best orgasm you've ever had... multiply it by a thousand, and you're still nowhere near it.
Allison : It beats any meat injection. That beats any fucking cock in the world.
Allison : It beats any meat injection. That beats any fucking cock in the world.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : I fantasize about a massive pristine convenience. Brilliant gold taps, virginal white marble, a seat carved from ebony, a cistern full of Chanel no.5, and a flunky handing me pieces of raw silk toilet roll. But under the circumstances I'll settle for anywhere.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : 1,000 years from now there will be no guys and no girls, just wankers. Sounds great to me.
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Sick Boy : Say something Mark. [ shouting ]
Sick Boy : Fucking say something, huh?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : I'm cooking up.
Sick Boy : Fucking say something, huh?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : I'm cooking up.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Never again, Swanney. I'm off the scag.
Swanney : Are you serious?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Yeah, no more. I'm finished with that shite.
Swanney : Well, it's up to you, man.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Gonna get it right this time. Gonna get it sorted out. Gonna get off it for good.
Swanney : I've heard that one before.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : The Sick Boy method?
Swanney : Well, it nearly worked for him, hey.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Well, he's always been lacking in moral fiber.
Swanney : He knows a lot about Sean Connery.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : That's hardly a substitute.
Swanney : Are you serious?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Yeah, no more. I'm finished with that shite.
Swanney : Well, it's up to you, man.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Gonna get it right this time. Gonna get it sorted out. Gonna get off it for good.
Swanney : I've heard that one before.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : The Sick Boy method?
Swanney : Well, it nearly worked for him, hey.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Well, he's always been lacking in moral fiber.
Swanney : He knows a lot about Sean Connery.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : That's hardly a substitute.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : We called him Mother Superior on account of the length of his habit.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : The downside of coming off junk was I knew I would need to mix with my friends again in a state of full consciousness. It was awful. They reminded me so much of myself, I could hardly bear to look at them.
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[ first lines ]
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : [ narrating ] Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : [ narrating ] Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Phew! I haven't felt that good since Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in 1978!
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1st Interviewer : Mr. Murphy, do you mean that you lied on your application?
Spud : No! Uh. Yes. Only to get my foot in the door. Showing initiative and that like.
1st Interviewer : But you were referred here by the department of employment, there was no need for you to get your "foot in the door," as you put it.
Spud : Ehhh... cool. Whatever you say, I'm sorry. You're the man. The dude in the chair.
Spud : No! Uh. Yes. Only to get my foot in the door. Showing initiative and that like.
1st Interviewer : But you were referred here by the department of employment, there was no need for you to get your "foot in the door," as you put it.
Spud : Ehhh... cool. Whatever you say, I'm sorry. You're the man. The dude in the chair.
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2nd Interviewer : Mr. Murphy, what attracts you to the leisure industry?
Spud : In a word: pleasure. It's like, my pleasure in other people's leisure.
Spud : In a word: pleasure. It's like, my pleasure in other people's leisure.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Relinquishing junk. Stage one, preparation. For this you will need one room which you will not leave. Soothing music. Tomato soup, ten tins of. Mushroom soup, eight tins of, for consumption cold. Ice cream, vanilla, one large tub of. Magnesia, milk of, one bottle. Paracetamol, mouthwash, vitamins. Mineral water, Lucozade, pornography. One mattress. One bucket for urine, one for feces and one for vomitus. One television and one bottle of Valium, which I've already procured from my mother, who is, in her own domestic and socially acceptable way also a drug addict. And now I'm ready. All I need is one final hit to soothe the pain while the Valium takes effect.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Excuse me, excuse me. I don't mean to harass you, but I was very impressed with the capable and stylish manner in which you dealt with that situation. And I was thinking to myself, now this girl's special.
Diane : Thanks.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : What's your name?
Diane : Diane.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : And where are you going, Diane?
Diane : I'm going home.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Well, where's that?
Diane : It's where I live.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Great.
Diane : What?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Well, I'll come back with you if you like, but like, I'm not promising anything, you know.
Diane : Do you find that this approach usually works? Or let me guess, you've never tried it before. In fact, you don't normally approach girls - am I right? The truth is that you're a quiet sensitive type but, if I'm prepared to take a chance, I might just get to know the inner you: witty, adventurous, passionate, loving, loyal. Taxi! A little bit crazy, a little bit bad. But hey - don't us girls just love that?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Eh?
Diane : Well, what's wrong boy - cat got your tongue?
Diane : Thanks.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : What's your name?
Diane : Diane.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : And where are you going, Diane?
Diane : I'm going home.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Well, where's that?
Diane : It's where I live.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Great.
Diane : What?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Well, I'll come back with you if you like, but like, I'm not promising anything, you know.
Diane : Do you find that this approach usually works? Or let me guess, you've never tried it before. In fact, you don't normally approach girls - am I right? The truth is that you're a quiet sensitive type but, if I'm prepared to take a chance, I might just get to know the inner you: witty, adventurous, passionate, loving, loyal. Taxi! A little bit crazy, a little bit bad. But hey - don't us girls just love that?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Eh?
Diane : Well, what's wrong boy - cat got your tongue?
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Now I've justified this to myself in all sorts of ways. It wasn't a big deal, just a minor betrayal. Or we'd outgrown each other, you know, that sort of thing. But let's face it, I ripped them off - my so called mates. But Begbie, I couldn't give a shit about him. And Sick Boy, well he'd done the same to me, if he'd only thought of it first. And Spud, well okay, I felt sorry for Spud - he never hurt anybody. So why did I do it? I could offer a million answers - all false. The truth is that I'm a bad person. But, that's gonna change - I'm going to change. This is the last of that sort of thing. Now I'm cleaning up and I'm moving on, going straight and choosing life. I'm looking forward to it already. I'm gonna be just like you. The job, the family, the fucking big television. The washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electric tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisure wear, luggage, three piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing gutters, getting by, looking ahead, the day you die.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : Now I've justified this to myself in all sorts of ways. It wasn't a big deal, just a minor betrayal. Or we'd outgrown each other, you know, that sort of thing. But let's face it, I ripped them off - my so called mates. But Begbie, I couldn't give a shit about him. And Sick Boy, well he'd done the same to me, if he'd only thought of it first. And Spud, well okay, I felt sorry for Spud - he never hurt anybody. So why did I do it? I could offer a million answers - all false. The truth is that I'm a bad person. But, that's gonna change - I'm going to change. This is the last of that sort of thing. Now I'm cleaning up and I'm moving on, going straight and choosing life. I'm looking forward to it already. I'm gonna be just like you. The job, the family, the fucking big television. The washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electric tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisure wear, luggage, three piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing gutters, getting by, looking ahead, the day you die.
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : People think it's all about misery and desperation and death and all that shit which is not to be ignored, but what they forget is the pleasure of it. Otherwise we wouldn't do it. After all, we're not fucking stupid. At least, we're not that fucking stupid.
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Tommy : Very, absolutely fucking radge. "It's me, or Iggy Pop", she says.
Spud : So what're you gonna do?
Tommy : Well I paid for the tickets!
Spud : So what're you gonna do?
Tommy : Well I paid for the tickets!
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Tommy : Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : It's SHITE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete assholes. It's a SHITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won't make any fucking difference!
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton : It's SHITE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete assholes. It's a SHITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won't make any fucking difference!
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