“...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too.” — David Mitchell Civilization 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
Whoever opined "Money can't buy you happiness" obviously had far too much of the stuff. — David Mitchell Happiness 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
Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality — David Mitchell Creativity Copy Share Image
“We create models to explain nature, but the models wind up gatecrashing nature and driving away the original inhabitants.” — David Mitchell Creativity Copy Share Image
Lying's wrong, but when the world spins backwards, a small wrong may be a big right. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“One moment you're carrying this loveable little tyke on your shoulders, the next she's off, and you realize what you suspected all… — David Mitchell Time Copy Share Image
Write something every single day, even if it's just three lines. And it doesn't matter if it's any good - just write… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“The truth is "#9dream" is a descendant of "Norwegian Wood". Both are ghost stories. "She" in "Norwegian Wood" curses you with loneliness.… — David Mitchell Ghost stories Copy Share Image
“Temple of the Rat King. Ark of the Soot God. Sphincter of Hades. Yes, King's Cross Station, where, according to Knuckle Sandwich… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Mrs.Comb tightened her headscarf and wondered why human beings despise what is beautiful and good, and seek to destroy the things they… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“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 Propaganda Copy Share Image
“Four high school girls in, but one of them was completely, completely different. She pulsed, invisibly, like a quasar. I know that… — David Mitchell High school Copy Share Image
“And for What, For What. No matter what you do it will never amount to anything but a single drop in a… — David Mitchell Limitless Copy Share Image
“I think about pinball, and how being a kid’s like being shot up the firing lane and there’s no veering left or… — David Mitchell Different path Copy Share Image
“If we believe that humanity may transcend tooth & claw, if we believe divers races & creeds can share this world as… — David Mitchell Humanity Copy Share Image
“Our weaponry was not dropped onto our laps one morning. It is not manna from Sinai’s skies. Since Agincourt, the White man… — David Mitchell Dominion Copy Share Image
“I skanked deep on Wolt's pipe an' four days march from our free Windward to Kona Leeward seemed like four mil'yun, yay,… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Belief, like fear or love, is a force to be understood as we understand the theory of relativity and principals of uncertainty.… — David Mitchell Belief Copy Share Image
“There are different ways people make this place. Sweat, exercise and pain is one way. You can see them in the gyms,… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“While the wealthy are no more likely to be born stupid than the poor, a wealthy upbringing compounds stupidity while a hardscrabble… — David Mitchell Children Copy Share Image
I hear my father-in-law's response..."Naïve, dreaming Adam. He who would do battle with the many-headed hydra of human nature must pay a… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
