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Michael Ondaatje Quotes

Michael Ondaatje quotes

Canadian Author, Writer, Poet September 12, 1943

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Michael Ondaatje quote: "We all have an old knot in the heart we wish to loosen and untie."
We all have an old knot in the heart we wish to loosen and untie. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in..."
What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Michael Ondaatje
Some people you just had to embrace, in some way or another, had to bite into the muscle, to remain sane in their company. You needed to grab their hand and clutch it like a downer so they would pull you into their midst. Otherwise they, walking casually down the street towards you, almost about to wave, would leap over a wall and be gone for months. Michael Ondaatje
He knows that the only way he can accept losing her is if he can continue to hold her or be held by her. If they can somehow nurse each other out of this. Not with a wall. Michael Ondaatje
You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "The heart is an organ of fire."
The heart is an organ of fire. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I..."
I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "I wanted to find one law to cover all of living. I found fear...."
I wanted to find one law to cover all of living. I found fear.... Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "we live with those retrievals from childhood that coalesce and..."
we live with those retrievals from childhood that coalesce and echo throughout our lives Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "From this point on, she whispered, we will either find or lose..."
From this point on, she whispered, we will either find or lose our souls. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "It was easy to fool the three of us (tween boys), who were..."
It was easy to fool the three of us (tween boys), who were naked with innocence. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "Why is it when I hear the phrase ‘trompe l’oeil’ I think of..."
Why is it when I hear the phrase ‘trompe l’oeil’ I think of oysters” I heard her say once. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "I went mad before he did, you killed everything in me. Kiss..."
I went mad before he did, you killed everything in me. Kiss me, will you. Stop defending yourself. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "We own the country we grow up in, or we are aliens and invaders."
We own the country we grow up in, or we are aliens and invaders. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "record collection, with all those lifetimes and desires rhymed..."
...record collection, with all those lifetimes and desires rhymed and distilled into two or three minutes of a song. Michael Ondaatje

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