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“[...] Smart'n'Civ'lize ain't nothin' to do with the color o' the skin, nay.”

David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas

"Sloosha's Crossin' an' Ev'rythin' After", p. 258
Cloud Atlas (2004), Sloosha's Crossin' an' Evrythin' After

“What is "poker?" A card game where abler liars take money off less able liars.”

David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas

"An Orison of Sonmi~451", p. 209
Cloud Atlas (2004), An Orison of Sonmi~451 (Part 1)

“I became a scientist because... it's like panning for gold in a muddy torrent. Truth is the gold.”

David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas

"Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery", p. 133
Cloud Atlas (2004), Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery (Part 1)

“They can extinguish awareness by dumbing down education, owning TV stations, paying "guest fees" to leader writers, or just buying the media up. The media—and not just The Washington Post—is where democracies conduct their civil wars.”

David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas

"Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery", p. 124
Cloud Atlas (2004), Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery (Part 1)

“...the dizzying vividness of the images of places and people that the letters have unlocked. Images so vivid she can only call them memories.”

David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas

"Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery", p. 120
Cloud Atlas (2004), Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery (Part 1)

“Anything is true if enough people believe it is.”

David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas

"Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery", p. 99
Cloud Atlas (2004), Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery (Part 1)

“And if you threaten my reputation, oh well, I'll have to ruin yours!”

David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas

"Letters from Zedelghem", p. 76
Cloud Atlas (2004), Letters from Zedelghem (Part 1)
Original: (fr) Et si vous nuisez à ma réputation, eh bien, il faudra queue je ruine la vôtre!

“People knelt in prayer, some moving their lips. Envy 'em, really I do. I envy God, too, privy to their secrets. Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street.”

David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas

Source: Cloud Atlas (2004), Letters from Zedelghem (Part 1) p. 75