“ Why have you given your life to books, TC? Dull, dull, dull! The memoirs are bad enough, but all that ruddy fiction! Hero goes on a journey, stranger comes to town, somebody wants something, they get… David Mitchell
“ What else has changes since 1984? Oil's running our, I say Earth's population is eight billion, mass extinction of flora and fauna are commonplace, climate change is foreclosing the Holocene Era. Apar… David Mitchell
“ The only explanation is that my senses, memory, and mind are conspiring against my well-being, and nothing’s scarier than that. David Mitchell
“ Taking it all the way to a disciplinary procedure and talking to a national newspaper is the mark of an unusual man. But is he principled or just stubborn? Righteous or self-righteous? Would it be a b… David Mitchell
“ Summer has taken a sensuous turn: Ayrs’s wife and I are lovers. Don’t alarm yourself! Only in the carnal sense. David Mitchell
“ Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies, an' tho' a cloud's shape nor hue nor size don't stay the same, it's still a cloud an' so is a soul. Who can say where the cloud's blowed from or who the soul'… David Mitchell
“ Sorry, poppet, I tell Aoife. I was miles away. No, you weren’t. You’re right here. I was miles away metaphorically. What’s meta … frickilly? The opposite of literally. What’s litter-lily? The opposite… David Mitchell
“ Some might think that acting all modest and yet feeling all megalomaniacal is dishonest. I say it’s a cultural thing. And of course it’s not megalomania (well, if it is, I’m the worst person to judge… David Mitchell
“ Run across a field of daisies at warp speed but keep your eyes on the ground. It's ace. Pedaled stars and dandelion comets streak the green universe. David Mitchell
