Famous Michael Ondaatje Quotes
There’s water in my bonesa ghost of a chance– Michael Ondaatje
I went mad before he did, you killed everything in me. Kiss me,will you. Stop defending yourself.– Michael Ondaatje
-I think you are inhuman. If I leave you, who will you go to? Would you find another lover?I said nothing.-Deny it,damn you!– Michael Ondaatje
How can you smile as though your whole life hasn’t capsized– Michael Ondaatje
We own the country we grow up in, or we are aliens and invaders.– Michael Ondaatje
The Englishman left months ago, Hana, he’s with the Bedouin or in some English garden with its phlox and shit.– Michael Ondaatje
She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.– Michael Ondaatje
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
What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power.– Michael Ondaatje