David Mitchell Quotes about Soul

In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.

In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.

Soul, Selfishness, Extinction

"Cloud Atlas". "The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing", p. 528. Book by David Mitchell, 2004.

Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies, an' tho' a cloud's shape nor hue nor size don't stay the same, it's still a cloud an' so is a soul. Who can say where the cloud's blowed from or who the soul'll be 'morrow? Only Sonmi the east an' the west an' the compass an' the atlas, yay, only the atlas o' clouds.

David Mitchell

Sky, Clouds, Soul

David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.308, Random House

... but it is attitude, not years, that condemns one to the ranks of the Undead, or else proffers salvation. In the domain of the young there dwells many an Undead soul. They rush about so, their inner putrefaction is concealed for a few decades, that is all.

David Mitchell

Attitude, Years, Soul

David Mitchell (2012). “Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel”, p.390, Random House Group

Go to hell, Willy, our souls eat poetry, but one has seven deadly sins to feed!

David Mitchell

Soul, Sin, Hell

The soul is a verb." He impales a lit candle on a spike. "Not a noun.

David Mitchell

Soul, Nouns, Verbs

Why fight the 'natural' (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this--one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume itself. In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.

David Mitchell

Fighting, Order, Soul

David Mitchell Quotes about Soul

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