“ You can maintain power over people, as long as you give them something. Rob a man of everything, and that man will no longer be in your power. David Mitchell
“ Who wins, you or the sony? The sony, I answered, or how would I ever improve? So winners, Hae-Joo proposed, are the real losers because they learn nothing? What, then, are losers? Winners? David Mitchell
“ When you die, your soul crosses the Dusk between life and the Blank Sea. The journey takes forty-nine days, David Mitchell
“ When insolvent, pack minimally, with a valise tough enough to be thrown onto a London pavement from a first- or second-floor window. Insist on hotel rooms no higher. David Mitchell
“ Well, you seem to have embraced Union propaganda wholeheartedly, Sonmi-451.And I might observe that you have embraced corpocracy propaganda wholeheartedly, Archivist. David Mitchell
“ We din't speak much from then 'cos speakin' can be heard by spyers what you can't spy. David Mitchell
“ Venga, hombre, ¿qué es un crítico? Un individuo que lee deprisa y corriendo, de manera arrogante pero nunca prudente. David Mitchell
“ Uzaemon is no longer surprised by Shuzai's perspicacity. I don't know if I have the right to involve you.To a believer in Fate, replies Shuzai, it's not you who is involving me. David Mitchell
“ Us f’gotten slaves was bein’ drained by hunger’n’pain an’ the mozzies from the slopin’ pond now an’ we was envyin’ that Hawi boy diresome, till at a nod from Lyons they ripped down Elfy’s pants an’ he… David Mitchell
“ Uncle Tarmac says vehicles always resemble their owners, and likes advising my female cousins to judge whether boyfriends will make decent husbands or not by observing how they treat or mistreat their… David Mitchell
“ Un sueño a pleno día. Jamás escribiré nada que valga la centésima parte. Ojalá pecase de inmodesto, pero no es el caso. El sexteto del Atlas de las nubes engloba mi vida, es mi vida, ahora soy un cohe… David Mitchell
“ Two old people in a room devoid of furniture, steam rising from their teacups. They were motionless and expressionless. Waiting for something. I wish I could go into their room and sit down with them.… David Mitchell
“ Twenty million people live and work in Tokyo. It’s so big that nobody really knows where it stops. It’s long since filled up the plain, and now it’s creeping up the mountains to the west and reclaimin… David Mitchell
“ Tumbado en el fondo de la canoa, veía balancearse las nubes. Las almas surcan las eras como las nubes los cielos, y aunque las nubes cambien continuamente de forma, color y tamaño, una nube siempre es… David Mitchell
“ There’s something fishy about Google’s motto, Don’t Be Evil. I’m not saying it’s controversial but it makes you think, Why bring that up? Why have you suddenly put the subject of being evil on the age… David Mitchell
“ There's got to be a nasty or dangerous side to anything enjoyable or there's something wrong, something suspicious and hidden. If everything seems perfect, it means you're one of the Eloi and a Morloc… David Mitchell
“ Then one of them asked why Japanese kids try to ape American kids? The clothes, the rap music, the skateboards, the hair. I wanted to say that it's not America they're aping, it's the Japan of their p… David Mitchell
