More quotes by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

"The better organized the state, the duller its humanity."
"My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?"
"A half-read book is a half-finished love affair."
"Un libro leído a medias es una aventura amorosa incompleta."
"Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again."