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Michael Ondaatje Quotes

Michael Ondaatje quotes about feeling

Canadian Author, Writer, Poet September 12, 1943

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He turns his back to the far shore and rows toward it. He can in this way travel away from, yet still see, his house....he feels he is riding a floating skeleton...Some birds in the almost-dark are flying as close to their reflections as possible. Michael Ondaatje
Moments before sleep are when she feels most alive, leaping across fragments of the day, bringing each moment into the bed with her like a child with schoolbooks and pencils. The day seems to have no order until these times, which are like a ledger for her, her body full of stories and situations. Michael Ondaatje
She entered the story knowing she would emerge from it feeling she had been immersed in the lives of others, in plots that stretched back twenty years, her body full of sentences and moments, as if awaking from sleep with a heaviness caused by unremembered dreams. Michael Ondaatje
A postcard. Neat handwriting fills the rectangle. Half my days I cannot bear to touch you. The rest of my time I feel like it doesn’t matter if I will ever see you again. It isn’t the morality, it’s how much you can bear. No date. No name attached. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "He will hear the rain before he feels it, a clicking on the..."
He will hear the rain before he feels it, a clicking on the dry grass, on the olive leaves. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in..."
I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries. Michael Ondaatje

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