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Michael Ondaatje Quotes

I believe in such cartography? to be marked by nature, not just label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men and women on buildings. We are communal histories, communal books. ... All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps.

Michael Ondaatje

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