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Michael Ondaatje Quotes

Michael Ondaatje quotes

Canadian Author, Writer, Poet September 12, 1943

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Michael Ondaatje quote: "Every river they came to was bridge-less, as if its name had..."
Every river they came to was bridge-less, as if its name had been erased, as if the sky were starless, homes doorless. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "It's an odd state to be in, blowing the whistle on your home..."
It's an odd state to be in, blowing the whistle on your home country. Michael Ondaatje
What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Nothing much of lasting value ever happens at the head table, held together by a familiar rhetoric. Those who already have power continue to glide along the familiar rut they have made for themselves. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "all this Beethoven and rain"
all this Beethoven and rain Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "As a writer, one is busy with archaeology."
As a writer, one is busy with archaeology. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "He has been disassembled by her. And if she has brought him to..."
He has been disassembled by her. And if she has brought him to this, what has he brought her to? Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "A woman should never learn to sew, and is she can she..."
A woman should never learn to sew, and is she can she shouldn't admit to it Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "Water is the exile, carried back in cans and flasks, the ghost..."
Water is the exile, carried back in cans and flasks, the ghost between your hands and your mouth. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you..."
Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you can make the historical light. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "Men had always been the reciters of poetry in the desert."
Men had always been the reciters of poetry in the desert. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "A novel is a mirror walking down a road"
A novel is a mirror walking down a road Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of..."
It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "I'll be looking at the moon, but I'll be seeing you."
I'll be looking at the moon, but I'll be seeing you. Michael Ondaatje
I have to teach myself not to read too much into everything. It comes from too long having to read into hardly anything at all. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "We all have an old knot in the heart we wish to untie."
We all have an old knot in the heart we wish to untie. Michael Ondaatje

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