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“Memories are their own descendents masquerading as the ancestors of the present.”
― David Mitchell, Ghostwritten

“The human world is made of stories, not people. The people the stories use to tell themselves are not to be blamed”
― David Mitchell, Ghostwritten

“If you’re in your life, chance. Viewed from the outside, like a book you’re reading, it’s fate all the way.”
― David Mitchell, Ghostwritten

“The act of memory is an act of ghostwriting.”
― David Mitchell, Ghostwritten

“Humans live in a pit of cheating, exploiting, hurting, incarcerating. Every time, the species wastes some part of what it could be. This waste is poisonous.”
― David Mitchell, Ghostwritten

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
― Albert Camus

“At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee