Shiroyama’s heart stops. The earth’s pulse beats against his ear.
An inch away is a go clamshell stone, perfect and smooth …
… a black butterfly lands on the white stone, and unfolds its wings.
I could tell you a hundred things, thinks Jacob, and nothing at all.
David MitchellTag: love
Surgeons are a singular brotherhood, Adam. To us, people aren't sacred beings crafted in the Almighty's image, no, people are joints of meat; diseased, leathery meat, yes, but meat ready for the skewer
David MitchellTag: life friendship murder death meat surgeon
...I shall pledge myself to the Abolitionist cause, because I owe my life to a self-freed slave
David MitchellMarinus is leaning on the railing. "Warehouse number six needs rebuilding; there's a big hole in the seawall behind the guild; Constable Kosugi shall probably"--from Seawall Lane comes an almighty sigh and crash--"shall certainly be lodging elsewhere tonight, and I pissed my thigh from fear. Our glorious flag, as you see, is unhurt. Half of their shots flew over us"--the doctor looks landward--"and caused damage ashore. Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames.
David MitchellMarinus blows out a mouthful of air. "Did close-range artillery knock any sense into you, or are we staying?
David MitchellGlass
David MitchellTag: peace pacifism fragile provocative-inspirational
Ruddy hell, the cold smacked my face with an iron spade! Now I knew why northerners go in for beards, woad, and body grease.
David MitchellBy each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.
David MitchellHe who would do battle with the many-headed hydra of human nature must pay a world of pain
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