Quotes by David Mitchell

David Mitchell

English novelist and screenwriter

Alive from: 1969-

Category: Writers (Contemporary)

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  Dead things show you what you’ll be too one day.

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  A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it.
  Source: Number9Dream (2007) 365

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  Always, it is the poor people who pay. And always, it is the poor people's women who pay the most.
  Source: Ghostwritten (2017) 122

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  Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.
  Source: Wolkenatlas (2008) 357

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  Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman.
  Source: Wolkenatlas (2008) 80

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  False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

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  Folks with most to complain about seldom complain most.
  Source: Ghostwritten (2017) 350

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  Hate eats the hater.

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  I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

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  I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment.

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  Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction.
  Source: Wolkenatlas (2008) 53

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  It's true that stammerers can become more adept at sentence construction.

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  It's true, reading too many novels makes you go blind.
  Source: Wolkenatlas (2008) 365

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  Maybe the meaning of life lies in looking for it.

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  Men invented money. Women invented mutual aid.
  Source: Wolkenatlas (2008) 143