"The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town."
-Michael Ondaatje
TrustView Quote
"That's Anil's path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back by the Human Rights Commission to investigate war crimes.“
-Michael Ondaatje
posted in War
Other Quotes by Michael Ondaatje
Discover more inspiring quotes by Michael Ondaatje
"In the book the relationship with Katharine and Almasy is sort of only in the patient's mind."
-Michael Ondaatje
RelationshipView Quote
"How sweet it is!"
-Jackie Gleason
Migrate3View Quote
"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."
-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Migrate3View Quote
"It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week."
-Laurence J. Peter
Migrate3View Quote
"I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic."
-Will Estes
Migrate3View Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side."
-George Wald
WarView Quote
"War is not civilized."
-Talib Kweli
WarView Quote
"The concept of war crimes is an American invention."
-George Wald
WarView Quote
"Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war."
-Bianca Jagger
WarView Quote
"I think its man's nature to go to war and fight."
-Talib Kweli
WarView Quote
"There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating."
-George Wald
WarView Quote