Quotes from David Mitchell, Ghostwritten

A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously.

Go on, my dear, " urges the snake. "Take one. Hear it? 'Pluck me, ' it's saying. That big, shiny red one. 'Pluck me, pluck me now and pluck me hard.' You know you wan

I wonder who had the first computer dream, where, and when? I wonder if computers ever dream of humans.

Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.

If you're in your life, chance. Viewed from the outside, like a book you're reading, it's fate all the way.

Right, my phone. When these things first appeared, they were so cool. Only when it was too late did people realize they are as cool as electronic tags on remand prisoners.

Neither of us had anything to say, or rather we had everything to say, but after all those nights of not saying a word, we suddenly found we had not one dollar of time left between us.

Integrity is a bugger, it really is. Lying can get you into difficulties, but to really wind up in the crappers try telling nothing but the truth.

This, explained the angel, is hell. The people do not love each other. They only want to feed themselves.

Have you noticed, " said John, "how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents, ' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?

Always, it is the poor people who pay. And always, it is the poor people's women who pay the most.