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Michael Ondaatje Quotes

Michael Ondaatje quotes about time

Canadian Author, Writer, Poet September 12, 1943

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She loves most the wet colours of his neck when he bathes. And his chest with with its sweat which her fingers grip when he is over her, and the dark, tough arms in the darkness of his tent, or one time in her room when light from the valley's city, finally free of curfew, rose among them like twilight and lit the colour of his body. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "This was the time in her life that she fell upon booksas the..."
This was the time in her life that she fell upon booksas the only door out of her cell. They became half her world. Michael Ondaatje
There was a time when I could have slept with his friend Briffa, for instance. Around him the air was always fraught with possibilities. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this..."
The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Michael Ondaatje
The jackal with one eye that looks back and one that regards the path you consider taking. In his jaws are pieces of the past he delivers to you, and when all of that time is fully discovered it will prove to have been already known. 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
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: "The important thing is to be able to live in a place or a..."
The important thing is to be able to live in a place or a situation where you must use your sixth sense all the time. Michael Ondaatje
You're getting everyone's point of view at the same time, which, for me, is the perfect state for a novel: a cubist state, the cubist novel. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "You want to suggest something new, but at the same time,..."
You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous."
Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous. Michael Ondaatje

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