Austen

“...there ain't no journey what don't change you some.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“Yay, Old Uns' Smart mastered sicks, miles, seeds, an' made miracles ord'nary, but it din't master one thing, nay, a hunger in the hearts o' humans, yay, a hunger for more.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“...and there, in the background, the brite spring sky's sediment had sunk to a dark band of blue. Ah, it mesmerized me...like the snow had done. All the woe of the words, "I am" seemed dissolved there, painlessly, peacefully.
Hae-Joo announced, "The Ocean.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“People b'lief the world is built so
an' tellin'em it ain't so caves the roof on their heads 'n'maybe yours.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas