What is any ocean but a multitude of drops? David Mitchell More Quotes by David Mitchell More Quotes From David Mitchell All revolutions are the sheerest fantasy until they happen; then they become historical inevitabilities. David Mitchell fantasyrevolutionhistorical Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again. David Mitchell clubsearthdoorways Trees're always a relief, after people. David Mitchell relieftreepeople Three or four times only in my youth did I glimpse the Joyous Isles, before they were lost to fogs, depressions, cold fronts, ill winds, and contrary tides... I mistook them for adulthood. Assuming they were a fixed feature in my life's voyage, I neglected to record their latitude, their longitude, their approach. Young ruddy fool. What wouldn't I give now for a never-changing map of the ever-constant ineffable? To possess, as it were, an atlas of clouds. David Mitchell fogcloudswind False modesty can be worse than arrogance. David Mitchell false-modestymodestyarrogance We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing. David Mitchell eloquentlast-timelasts Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. David Mitchell usedmotherbook Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies, an' tho' a cloud's shape nor hue nor size don't stay the same, it's still a cloud an' so is a soul. Who can say where the cloud's blowed from or who the soul'll be 'morrow? Only Sonmi the east an' the west an' the compass an' the atlas, yay, only the atlas o' clouds. David Mitchell soulskyclouds Two people who are a little bit deluded in each other's favour. That's what love is, isn't it? David Mitchell loveromantictwo Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core. Rome'll decline and fall again, Cortés'll lay Tenochtitlán to waste again, and later, Ewing will sail again, Adrian'll be blown to pieces again, you and I'll sleep under the Corsican stars again, I'll come to Bruges again, fall in and out of love with Eva again, you'll read this letter again, the sun'll grow cold again. Nietzsche's gramophone record. When it ends, the Old One plays it again, for an eternity of eternities. David Mitchell starsschoolfall Probably in a parallel universe not far from here, I'm working for Nintendo. David Mitchell parallel-universeparallelsnintendo Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths. David Mitchell atlastruthreality If you’re in your life, chance. Viewed from the outside, like a book you’re reading, it’s fate all the way. David Mitchell fatereadingbook True knowledge without xperience is food without sustenance David Mitchell sustenancetrue-knowledge Time is what stops history happening at once; time is the speed at which the past disappears. David Mitchell disappearspeedpast It's true that stammerers can become more adept at sentence construction. David Mitchell adeptconstructionsentences The healthy can't understand the emptied, the broken. David Mitchell healthybroken One's ribs shouldn't be prison bars. David Mitchell prison-barsribsbars If swans weren't real myths'd make up. David Mitchell swansmythreal It's true, reading too many novels makes you go blind. David Mitchell novelblindreading
