Quotes from work

The Cat's Table

“We are expanded by tears, we are told, not reduced by them.”

Michael Ondaatje The Cat's Table

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“We all have an old knot in the heart we wish to untie.”

Michael Ondaatje The Cat's Table

Source: The Cat's Table

“There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You discover the carapace that will contain and test your character. You will find in this way the path of your life.”

Michael Ondaatje The Cat's Table

Source: The Cat's Table

“What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power.”

Michael Ondaatje The Cat's Table

Source: The Cat's Table

“she had a laugh that hinted it had rolled around once or twice in the mud.”

Michael Ondaatje The Cat's Table

Source: The Cat's Table