“ If you've never been through it, you can't understand it, not really. Lucky you, I say. Control is about fear, see. If you're afraid of the reprisals, you don't say no, you don't fight back, you don't… David Mitchell
“ If you'd cured Henry the Seventh's TB with a course of ethambutol, or given Isaac Newton an hour's access to the Hubble telescope, or shown an off-the-shelf 3-D printer to the regulars at the Captain… David Mitchell
“ If we believe that humanity may transcend tooth and claw, if we believe divers races & creeds can share this world as peaceably as the orphans share their candlenut tree, if we believe leaders must be… David Mitchell
“ If we believe that humanity may transcend tooth & claw, if we believe divers races & creeds can share this world as peaceably as the orphans share their candlenut tree, if we believe leaders must be j… David Mitchell
“ I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again. David Mitchell
“ I libri non offrono una vera via di fuga, ma possono impedire alla mente di scorticarsi viva. David Mitchell
“ I can't make any promises... I became a scientist because...it's ike panning for gold in a muddy torrent. Truth is the gold. I- I don't know what I want to do...''Journalists work in torrents just as… David Mitchell
“ He sifts the radio waves, but it's all men singing like women and women singing like men... David Mitchell
“ Half-sloshed mums’re rolling their eyes at sun-pinked dads burning bangers on barbecues. David Mitchell
“ For white men, to live is to own, or to try to own more, or to die trying to own more. Their appetites are astonishing! They own wardrobes, slaves, carriages, houses, warehouses, and ships. They own p… David Mitchell
“ El orgullo de llegar hasta el final. Certezas. Cuando te despojas de las creencias que te endilgan las institutrices, los colegios y los Estados, descubres dentro de ti verdades indelebles. Roma entra… David Mitchell
“ Don’t you ever have days when you’re just so glad to be alive you want to – he turns to me – howl at the sun? David Mitchell
“ Dawn Madden’s got cruel eyes like a Chinese empress and sometimes one glimpse at school makes me think about her all day. David Mitchell
“ Civilization’s like the economy, or Tinkerbell: If people stop believing it’s real, it dies. David Mitchell
“ But love’s not just the drug; it’s also the dealer. Love wants love in return, am I right, Olly? Like drugs, the highs look divine, and I envy the users. But when the side effects kick in—jealousy, th… David Mitchell
“ Beware of asking people to question what’s real and what isn’t. They may reach conclusions you didn’t see coming. David Mitchell
“ Because her laughter spurts through a blowhole in the top of her head and sprays all over the morning. David Mitchell
“ As many truths as men. Occasionally, I glimpse a truer Truth, hiding in imperfect simulacrums of itself, but as I approach, it bestirs itself & moves deeper into the thorny swamp of dissent. David Mitchell
