“Pain is strong, aye - but friends' eyes, more strong." -Autua” — David Mitchell Friendship Copy Share Image
“Oh, eerie'n'so beautsome'n'blue she was, my soul was achin'.” — David Mitchell Eerie Copy Share Image
The mind abhors a vacancy & is wont to people it with phantoms. — David Mitchell Mind Copy Share Image
Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality — David Mitchell Creativity Copy Share Image
“ 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 Life Copy Share Image
Whoever opined "Money can't buy you happiness" obviously had far too much of the stuff. — David Mitchell Happiness Copy Share Image
Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. — David Mitchell Clubs Copy Share Image
One cannot pass by without thinking of the density of men in the ground. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too.” — David Mitchell Civilization Copy Share Image
The human world is made of stories, not people. The people the stories use to tell themselves are not to be blamed — David Mitchell Humans Copy Share Image
“Lady Moon rose an' gazed o'er my busted'n'beautsome Valleys with silv'ry'n'sorryin' eyes, an' the dingos mourned for the died uns.” — David Mitchell Aftermath Copy Share Image
Humans live in a pit of cheating, exploiting, hurting, incarcerating. Every time, the species wastes some part of what it could be.… — David Mitchell Cheating Copy Share Image
“She pulsed, invisibly, like a quasar. I can't describe women, but if you know Duke Pearson's 'After the rain', she was as… — David Mitchell Love Copy Share Image
“The Ghost of Sir Felix Finch whines, "But it's been done a hundred times before!"--as if there could be anything not done… — David Mitchell Time Copy Share Image
“& only as you gasp your dying breath shall you understand, your life amounted to no more than one drop in a… — David Mitchell Death Copy Share Image
I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“When you write it, don't write it in the manner of a spooky story. Don't try to give an explanation. Just say… — David Mitchell Books Copy Share Image
“A classical LP was playing... ... Jealous and sweet, this music was, sobbing and gorgeous, muddy and crystal. But if the right… — david mitchell Music Copy Share Image
“Finished in a frenzy that reminded me of our last night in Cambridge. Watched my final sunrise. Enjoyed a last cigarette. Didn’t… — David Mitchell Another world Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, in Japan, when mother, or baby, or mother and baby die in childbirth, people say, ‘Ah…they die because gods decide so.’… — David Mitchell Bad karma Copy Share Image
“Just as I was flung over the threshold, I embraced Grigoire the Swiss Fiancé in a rugger grip, determined that smug cockatoo… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Sitting under the candlenut tree in the courtyard is pleasant in the afternoon. Laced in shadows, frangipani & coral hibiscus ward away… — David Mitchell Sister Copy Share Image
“The silences after his last gasp were sung together by a blackbird. I lay there, my eyes unable to close. His were… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Three or four times only in my youth did I glimpse the Joyous Isles, before they were lost to fogs, depressions, cold… — David Mitchell Adulthood Copy Share Image
“Well, Hae-Joo probed, what did I do to relax? I play Go against my sony, I said. "To relax?" he responded, incredulous.… — David Mitchell Football Copy Share Image
Power. What do we mean? 'The ability to determine another man's luck.' ...how is it that some men attain mastery over others… — David Mitchell Ability Copy Share Image
“What is it that ties shapes of land to the human heart, Mo?” — David Mitchell Human heart Copy Share Image
“La risata è anarchia e blasfema. I tiranni fanno bene a temerla.” — David Mitchell Amor Copy Share Image
“What's wrong, de Zoet? You look like your breeches are beshatten.” — David Mitchell Breeches Copy Share Image
