“ Adverbs are cholesterol in the veins of prose. Halve your adverbs and your prose pumps twice as well. David Mitchell
“ A time is one’s own, Eva, when oneself and one’s peers take the same things for granted, without thinking about it. Likewise, a man is ruined when the times change but he does not. Permit me to add, e… David Mitchell
“ A society where you’re not allowed to blow your own trumpet is so much more nuanced, sophisticated and interesting than the grim world of literalism that’s being ushered in. David Mitchell
“ A man like me has no business with this substance beauty, yet here she is, in these soundproofed chambers of my heart. David Mitchell
“ A blue jay swoops onto a fungus-ruffled tree-stump by Hershey’s grave, emits a volley of harsh jeers, then a breathy trill. David Mitchell
“ One's environment is a key to one's identity, but that environment, Papa Song's, was a key I had lost. David Mitchell
“ A mountain you're plannin' on climbin' ain't the same as the one you ain't. It ain't so pretty... David Mitchell
“ . .my dreams are the single unpredictable factor in my zoned days and nights. Nobody allots them, or censors them. Dreams are all I have ever truly owned. David Mitchell
“ Me and Vinny are dead careful, and we only had sex once without a condom, our first time, and it's a scientific fact that virgins can't get pregnant. Stella told me. David Mitchell
“ Кто там дышит мне в затылок?Оборачиваюсь - никого. Только поезд, набирая скорость, ныряет в темноту. David Mitchell
“ ¿La felicidad significa ausencia de privaciones? Si es así, entonces los sirvientes, tal y como los purasangres gustan de creer, son el estrato más feliz de toda la Corpocracia. Pero si la felicidad s… David Mitchell
“ ¡Sentimientos liberales! ¡Pero a mí no me vengas con monsergas de justicia! ¡Vete a Tennessee montado en un pollino y ponte a convencer a esos palurdos sudistas de que en realidad son negros pintados… David Mitchell
“ La historia no admite leyes, sólo consecuencias.¿Qué determina las consecuencias? Las acciones depravadas y las acciones virtuosas.¿Y qué determina las acciones? Las creencias. David Mitchell
“ Your life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet, what is any ocean but a multitude of drops? David Mitchell
“ You were five or six, Raf. When you washed up on the rocks below you were in shock, you had hypothermia, you’d seen slaughter at close quarters, you’d drifted for heaven only knows how long in the col… David Mitchell
