But an ink brush, she thinks, is a skeleton key for a prisoner's mind. Author: David Mitchell Copy Quote More from David Mitchell “Reality is the page. Life is the word.” “You said you envied your uncritical, unthinking sisters.That's not quite the sa…” “I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be wa…” “He chiseled open the fault lines in the others' personalities.”