More quotes by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

"...there ain't no journey what don't change you some."
"Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book."
"Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future."
"A half-read book is a half-finished love affair."
"The learnin' mind is the livin' mind... an' any sort o' smart is truesome smart, old smart or new, high smart or low."