For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed. David Mitchell More Quotes by David Mitchell More Quotes From David Mitchell Travel far enough, you meet yourself. David Mitchell inspiring inspirational funny I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there. David Mitchell waiting doors believe Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw. David Mitchell real reading inspirational Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future. David Mitchell atlas kindness past You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human. David Mitchell resilience healing mean As for reading, I wish I had a magic door to a library where I could go in, read for days and days, and come back in the same minute I left. I'm still looking for the door. David Mitchell magic reading doors Once any tyranny becomes accepted as ordinary, its victory is assured. David Mitchell accepted victory ordinary My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops? David Mitchell atlas ocean inspiring I am going to tell you a secret. Everything is about wanting. Everything. Things happen because of people wanting. Watch closely, and you’ll see what I mean. David Mitchell writing mean people In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction. David Mitchell extinction selfishness soul 'Y' is about the weakest letter of all. 'Y' can't make up its mind if it's a vowel or a consonant, can it? David Mitchell vowels mind letters The truth of a myth...is not in its words but its patterns. David Mitchell myth patterns Me, I want to bloody kick this moronic bloody world in the bloody teeth over and over till it bloody understands that not hurting people is ten bloody thousand times more bloody important than being right. David Mitchell hurt life people A half-read book is a half-finished love affair. David Mitchell half love book I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there. David Mitchell waiting inspirational believe By each crime and every kindness, we birth our future. David Mitchell atlas birth kindness Autumn is leaving its mellowness behind for its spiky, rotted stage. Don't remember summer even saying goodbye. David Mitchell autumn summer goodbye Little girls are like old cats. If they don't like you nothing on Earth will make them pretend to. David Mitchell cat girl earth People are obscenities. Would rather be music than be a mass of tubes squeezing semisolids around itself for a few decades before becoming so dribblesome it'll no longer function. David Mitchell obscenity becoming people Maybe then you comprehend, speaking one language only is a prison! David Mitchell foreign-language language prison
