Nothing is more tiresome than being told what to admire.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Tiresome Admiration
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Books based on imaginary events, people, and places.
Nothing is more tiresome than being told what to admire.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
History is the lies of the victors.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Every human being is a collection of selves, we pull out one self or another according to the situation.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
A soul needs a purpose to live…and so I concluded that my purpose was to kill the man who had taken my wife’s.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
One’s own life seemed puny against the background of so much history.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Knowledge is a mirror, and for the first time in my life, I was allowed to see who I am.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Prayer may be a placebo for the disease of helplessness, but placebos can heal, too.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
We are the choices we make.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Time is the speed at which the past decays.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Love is watching someone die.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet