More quotes by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

"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."
"The learnin' mind is the livin' mind... an' any sort o' smart is truesome smart, old smart or new, high smart or low."
"Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw."
"The better organized the state, the duller its humanity."
"...there ain't no journey what don't change you some."