Philosophy Quote by David Mitchell — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“A writer flirts with schizophrenia, nurtures synesthesia, and embraces obsessive-compulsive disorder. Your art feeds on you, your soul, and, yes, to a degree, your sanity. Writing novels worth reading will bugger up your mind, jeopardize your relationships, and distend your life. You have been warned.”

“How gleefully life shreds our well crafted plans.”

“Go on, my dear," urges the snake. "Take one. Hear it? 'Pluck me,' it's saying. That big, shiny red one. 'Pluck me, pluck me now and pluck me hard.' You know you want to.”

“Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core.”

“Integrity is a bugger, it really is. Lying can get you into difficulties, but to really wind up in the crappers try telling nothing but the truth.”

“The better organized the state, the duller its humanity.”

“We are not born to consume; we are born to create.”

“Always blow your own trumpet, blowing someone else’s is unhygienic”

“She said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth.”

“Don't appreciate me, I'm not up to it. Don't criticize me, I don't deserve it. Just be my friend and forgive me, because I am craving for it.”

“There's no greater show on earth than observing human nature”

“Students of the heavens are separable into astronomers and astrologers as readily as are the minor domestic ruminants into sheep and goats, but the separation of philosophers into sages and cranks seems to be more sensitive to frames of reference.”