The learnin' mind is the livin' mind... an' any sort o' smar... - David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
"The learnin' mind is the livin' mind... an' any sort o' smart is truesome smart, old smart or new, high smart or low."
"The learnin' mind is the livin' mind... an' any sort o' smart is truesome smart, old smart or new, high smart or low."
"Travel far enough, you meet yourself."
"Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book."
"Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw."
"Un libro leído a medias es una aventura amorosa incompleta."
"My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?"