“ Was there anything under those lids? Remorse, resentment, even indifference? Or was there only nothing? Nothing often poses in men as wisdom. David Mitchell
“ Unglückswurm Olly ist also ein Hörspiel auf Radio 4. Und was bin ich? - Du, Hugo, sie küsste mich aufs Ohrläppchen, bist ein schmutziger französischer Low-Budget-Film., Einer, auf den man nachts zufäl… David Mitchell
“ Two thoughts walked into my place. The first thought said that we hadn’t slept together because sex would have closed an entrance behind us and opened an exit ahead of us. The second thought told me q… David Mitchell
“ True, I only properly started talking with Todd half an hour ago, but every instance of undying love was only half an hour young, once upon a time. David Mitchell
“ Todas las fronteras son convenciones, hasta las nacionales. Y todas se pueden rebasar, pero primero hay que concebir esa posibilidad. David Mitchell
“ Times are you say a person’s b’liefs ain’t true, they think you’re sayin’ their lifes ain’t true an’ their truth ain’t true. David Mitchell
“ Three or four times only in my youth did I glimpse the Joyous Isles, before they were lost to fogs, depressions, cold fronts, ill winds and contrary tides … I mistook them for adulthood. Assuming they… David Mitchell
“ The world won’t leave things be. It’s always injecting endings into beginnings. Leaves tweezer themselves from these weeping willows. Leaves fall into the lake and dissolve into slime. Where’s the sen… David Mitchell
“ The conflict between corporations and activists is that of narcolepsy versus remembrance. The corporations have money, power, and influence. Our sole weapon is public outrage. Outrage blocked the Yucc… David Mitchell
“ The clock’s pendulum catches the firelight, and in the rattle-breathed final moments of Jacob de Zoet, amber shadows in the far corner coagulate into a woman’s form. She slips between the bigger, tall… David Mitchell
“ The brigadier I knew has left his bombed-out face, leaving me alone with the clock, shelves of handsome books nobody ever reads, and one certainty: that whatever I do with my life, however much power,… David Mitchell
“ The Ticket-wallah, whose pimples bubbled as I watched, was as intractably dense as his counterpart in King's Cross. The Corporation breeds them from the same stem cell. David Mitchell
“ Sixsmith,Eva. Because her name is a synonym for temptation: what treads nearer to the core of man? Because her soul swims in her eyes. Because I dream of creeping through the velvet folds to her room,… David Mitchell
“ Sitting under the candlenut tree in the courtyard is pleasant in the afternoon. Laced in shadows, frangipani & coral hibiscus ward away the memory of recent evil. The sisters go about their duties, Si… David Mitchell
“ Siddhartha is a dead man and a living ideal. The man taught about overcoming pain, and influencing one’s future reincarnations. But I pray to the ideal. David Mitchell
“ Shiroyama’s heart stops. The earth’s pulse beats against his ear. An inch away is a go clamshell stone, perfect and smooth … … a black butterfly lands on the white stone, and unfolds its wings. David Mitchell
