David Mitchell Quotes

Science devises ever bloodier means of war until humanity's powers of destruction overcome our powers of creation and our civilisation drives itself to extinction.

why human beings despise what is beautiful and good, and seek to destroy the things they need the most

Often I think boys don’t become men. Boys just get papier-mâchéd inside a man’s mask. Sometimes you can tell the boy is still in there.

What is "poker"? A card game where abler liars take money off less able liars.

maybe the meaning of life lies in looking for it

Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is.

Loneliness is an integral part of travelling. I used to think it was the downside to travelling, but now I realise it is a necessary educative part of it to be embraced.

Assured her I've never loved anyone except myself and have no intention of starting now.

The music provokes a sharp longing the music soothes.

Only professional diplomats, inveterate idiots and women view diplomacy as a long-term substitute for war.

We are both busy people, so let's cut the small talk.

I rarely ever put my head above the rampart and see where this big lumbering behemoth called 'global literature' is going.

So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . .