“If I was the pope, I'd've made Mrs. de Roo a saint. On the spot.” — David Mitchell Pope Copy Share Image
I feel like something important has happened to me. Is this possible? — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Dr. Upward was one of those Academy Award-winning Asses of Arrogance you find in educational administration, law or medicine.” — David Mitchell Academy award Copy Share Image
“I’m about to tell Jonah about the safari Dad’s going to take me on, but Mrs. Marconi says talking’s like ping-pong: you… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
The learnin' mind is the livin' mind... an' any sort o' smart is truesome smart, old smart or new, high smart or… — David Mitchell Inspirational Copy Share Image
“The Ghost-Girl's lips was fixed in a bitter smile, but her creamy eyes was sad so sad but proud'n'strong too.” — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
An idler and a sluggard are as different as a gourmand and a glutton. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw. — David Mitchell Book Copy Share Image
So winners, Hae-Joo proposed, are the real losers because they learn nothing? What, then, are losers? Winners? — David Mitchell Football 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
“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
“All rising suns set, Archivist. [...] All revolutions are [fantacy, lunacy], until they happen, then they are historical inevitabilities. [...] I was… — David Mitchell History Copy Share Image
Loneliness is an integral part of travelling. I used to think it was the downside to travelling, but now I realise it… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Teachers're always using that "in your own words." I hate that. Authors knit their sentences tight. It's their job. Why make us… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Historically, unfortunately, race seems to be the major division that humanity has imposed on itself, a way of subdividing into smaller groups. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Under the Enrichment Laws, consumers have to spend a fixed quota of dollars each month, depending on their strata. Hoarding is an… — David Mitchell Consumers Copy Share Image
“Dermot found me; bad news inexorably does. Let me reiterate, bumping into Pope Pius XIII would have surprised me less. In fact,… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“The conflict between corporations and activists is that of narcolepsy versus remembrance. The corporations have money, power, and influence. Our sole weapon… — David Mitchell Civil war Copy Share Image
“What if the differences between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge?… — David Mitchell Consciousness Copy Share Image
I elbowed my way into the grubby café, bought a pie that tasted of shoe polish and a pot of tea with… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Take any two electrons -- or, in Dr. Bell's and my case, photos-- that originate from a common source, measure and combine… — David Mitchell Milky way Copy Share Image
“People're always buried facing west, so at the end of time when the Last Trumpet blows, all the dead people'll claw their… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I...asked why purebloods despised me so. He replied, 'What if the difference between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Reading off a page is like looking down at a landscape from a balloon – your eye "sees" the story as well… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“You will not apply for membership, but the tribe of the elderly will claim you. Your present will not keep pace with… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image