“ I've never listened to music lying down. Listening's reading if you close your eyes.Music's a wood you walk through. David Mitchell
“ Your power stations, your cars, your creature comforts. Well, you lived too long. The bill’s due. Today. David Mitchell
“ When the temple finally equals its counterpart in the Pure Land, so the story goes, that day humanity shall have fulfilled its purpose, and Time itself shall come to an end. David Mitchell
“ There are different ways people make this place. Sweat, exercise and pain is one way. You can see them in the gyms, in the well-ordered swimming pools. You can see them jogging in the small, worn park… David Mitchell
“ The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature. David Mitchell
“ The art teacher's scarlet book was called Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille. 'As the title suggests,' Mr Dunwoody saw the book'd caught my attention, 'it's about the history of opticians. What are… David Mitchell
“ Rights are susceptible to subversion, as even granite is susceptible to erosion. My fifth Declaration posits how, in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders… David Mitchell
“ Right, my phone. When these things first appeared, they were so cool. Only when it was too late did people realize they are as cool as electronic tags on remand prisoners. David Mitchell
“ Power is the ability to make someone do what they otherwise wouldn't, or deter them from doing what they otherwise would. David Mitchell
