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If the human condition were the periodic table, maybe love would b

If the human condition were the periodic table, maybe love would be hydrogen at No. 1. Death would be helium at No. 2. Power, I reckon, would be where oxygen is. – David Mitchell

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In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people, but were now in a golden age that shows no sign of fading. Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket are only three of the best known among a good number of equals. – David Mitchell

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I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We cant help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that its taught writers. – David Mitchell

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Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience. – David Mitchell

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The distinctions of fine art bore me to death. – Maurice Sendak

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No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well. – Plato

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Everybody is entertained to death. – Brian Eno

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But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now Im totally convinced theyre death machines. – Liam Neeson

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