More quotes by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

"My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?"
"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."
"I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there."
"The better organized the state, the duller its humanity."