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Lunatics are writers whose works write them.
David Mitchell
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David Mitchell
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 12
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Clarkfield
Minnesota
David Stephen Mitchell
David Henry Mitchell
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Do, said Louisa finally, whatever you can't not do.
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If losers can exploit what their adversaries teach them, yes, losers can become winners in the long term.
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Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' conscience what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding the mirror. I hid my shock by asking when purebloods might blame themselves. Mephi replied, History suggests, not until they are made to.
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Love's pure free joy when it works, but when it goes bad you pay for the good hours at loan-shark prices.
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To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom.
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There's a link between bigotry and bad spelling.
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Teachers're always using that in your own words. I hate that. Authors knit their sentences tight. It's their job. Why make us unpick them, just to put it back together more shonkily? How're you s'posed to say Kapellmeister if you can't say Kapellmeister?
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Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core.
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Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.
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Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction
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One fine day a predatory world shall consume itself.
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