More quotes by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

"Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies, an' tho' a cloud's shape nor hue nor size don't stay the same, it's still a cloud an' so is a soul. Who can say where the cloud's blowed from or who the soul'll be 'morrow? Only Sonmi the east an' the west an' the compass an' the atlas, yay, only the atlas o' clouds."
"The better organized the state, the duller its humanity."
"Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw."
"A half-read book is a half-finished love affair."
"I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there."