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Michael Ondaatje Quotes

Michael Ondaatje quotes

Canadian Author, Writer, Poet September 12, 1943

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Michael Ondaatje quote: "Everyone has to scratch on walls somewhere or they go crazy"
Everyone has to scratch on walls somewhere or they go crazy Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "But we were interested in how our lives could mean something..."
But we were interested in how our lives could mean something to the past. We sailed into the past. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "Give me a map and I'll build you a city."
Give me a map and I'll build you a city. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure."
I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure. 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 hair and clutch it like a drowner so they would pull you into their midst. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "To write about someone like myself would be very limiting."
To write about someone like myself would be very limiting. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "Right now, I have no idea what I will write or if I will write..."
Right now, I have no idea what I will write or if I will write again. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps."
All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "Come. We must go deeper with no justice and no jokes."
Come. We must go deeper with no justice and no jokes. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "The past is still, for us, a place that is not safely settled."
The past is still, for us, a place that is not safely settled. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "For echo is the soul of the voice exciting itself in hollow..."
For echo is the soul of the voice exciting itself in hollow places. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "...if you do not plunder the past, the absence feeds on you"
...if you do not plunder the past, the absence feeds on you Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "To rest was to receive all aspects of the world without..."
To rest was to receive all aspects of the world without judgement. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "she had a laugh that hinted it had rolled around once or twice..."
she had a laugh that hinted it had rolled around once or twice in the mud. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself."
It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself. Michael Ondaatje

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