Problem was, all this is new. In English at school we study a grammar book by a man named Ronald Rideout, read Cider with Rosie, do debates on fox-hunting and memorize ‘I Must Go Down to the Seas Again’ by Jason Masefield. We don’t have to actually think about stuff.
David MitchellThis world, he thinks, contains just one masterpiece, and that is itself.
David MitchellGo to hell, Willy, our souls eat poetry, but one has seven deadly sins to feed!
David MitchellNowadays, in Japan, when mother, or baby, or mother and baby die in childbirth, people say, ‘Ah…they die because gods decide so.’ Or, ‘They die because bad karma.’ Or, ‘They die because o-mamori—magic from temple—too cheap.’ Mr. de Zoet understand, it is same as bridge. True reason of many,. Many death of ignoration. I wish to build bridge from ignoration,” her tapering hands form a bridge, “to knowledge. This,” she lifts, with reverence, Dr. Smellie’s text, “is piece of bridge. One day, I teach this knowledge…make school…students who teach other students…and in future, in Japan, many less mothers die of ignoration.” She surveys her daydream for just a moment before lowering her eyes. “A foolish plan.
David MitchellHis skin was blotched as a dying banana.
David MitchellTags: descriptive-prose
Maybe then you comprehend, speaking one language only is a prison!
David MitchellTags: foreign-language
Probably" is a word with an emergency ejector seat.
David MitchellIf your words're true, they're armed.
David MitchellI recalled my father-in-law's aphorism "To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom..."
David MitchellTags: advice human-nature
Birdsong foamed in the hour-before-dawn garden.
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