“ Oaks live for six hundred years. Two hundred to grow, two hundred to live, two hundred to die. David Mitchell
“ My role was to pulse at the edge of the universe of the faithful, alone in the darkness. An outrider. A herald. David Mitchell
“ Mrs. Todds my English teacher gives an automatic F if anyone ever writes I woke up and it was all a dream at the end of a story. She says it violates the deal between reader and writer, that it’s a co… David Mitchell
“ Love's pure free joy when it works, but when it goes bad you pay for the good hours at loan-shark prices. David Mitchell
“ It’s diabolical. It doesn’t look all that bad to me. ‘Diabolical’ means ‘satanic,’ sis. Why’s your maze so satanic, then? The Dusk follows you as you go through it. If it touches you, you cease to ex… David Mitchell
“ It'll be all right. Julia's gentleness makes it worse. In the end, Jace.It doesn't feel very all right.That's because it's not the end. David Mitchell
“ In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction. David Mitchell
“ If you’ve not been through it, you can’t understand, not really. Lucky you, I say. Control is about fear, see. If you’re afraid enough of the reprisals, you don’t say no, you don’t fight back, you don… David Mitchell
“ I Din't finish speakin' my cure 'cos Roses schnockoed my face so hard the ground dived forward an' I crashed my jaxy. David Mitchell
“ Creation never ceased on the sixth evening, it occurs to the young man. Creation unfolds around us, despite us and through us at the speed of days and nights. And we call it love. David Mitchell
“ But, Henry, this is wicked!' But, Adam, the world is wicked. Maoris prey on Moriori, Whites prey on darker-hued cousins, fleas prey on mice, cats prey on rats, Christians on infidels, first mates on c… David Mitchell
