There ain’t no journey what don’t change you some.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Journey Changes You
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Books based on imaginary events, people, and places.
There ain’t no journey what don’t change you some.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Grief, she thought, is like a substance of the world. It will never run out.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Power is trickier to use than to obtain.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
An ocean is never out of sigh of birds.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
People are icebergs, with just a bit you can see and loads you can’t.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The present is a rope stretched over the past. The secret to walking it is, you never look down.
David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Time’s a goon, right? You gonna let that goon push you around?
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad
I’m always happy, Sasha said. Sometimes I just forget.
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad