� Nature gives children great emotional resilience to help them survive the oppressions of being small, but these oppressions still make them into slightly insane adults, either mad to seize all the power they once lacked or (more usually) mad to avoid it. � � Alasdair Gray

� People who care nothing for their country's stories and songs,' he said, 'are like people without a past- without a memory- they are half people People who care nothing for their country's stories and songs,' he said, 'are like people without a past- without a memory- they are half people ...more � � Alasdair Gray