Mark Renton, the narrator:
"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 leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit- crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing you last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life...
But why would I want to do a thing like that?
I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who need reasons when you've got heroin?
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okay ... anecdote. i wrote this - hand wrote this on my whiteboard at oracle - the cleaner guy next day asked me for a printout. after that while i was on the same floor, my desk was impeccably clean everyday and my daily inspiring message wala calendar would have been flipped to the correct date every morning.
all coz of this quote. i didn't put any heroin though. some things are best edited out of oracle. :D
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