Quotes from bookThe English Patient
The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian villa during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The four main characters are: an unrecognisably burned man — the eponymous patient, presumed to be English; his Canadian Army nurse, a Sikh British Army sapper, and a Canadian thief. The story occurs during the North African Campaign and centres on the incremental revelations of the patient's actions prior to his injuries, and the emotional effects of these revelations on the other characters. The book won the 1992 Booker Prize, the 2018 Golden Man Booker, and the Governor General's Award.
“Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again”
Michael Ondaatje book The English Patient
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“The trouble with all of us is we are where we shouldn't be.”
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“All I ever wanted was a world without maps.”
Michael Ondaatje book The English Patient
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“From this point on, she whispered, we will either find or lose our souls.”
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“Death means you are in the third person.”
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“All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps.”
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“Men had always been the reciters of poetry in the desert.”
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“For echo is the soul of the voice exciting itself in hollow places.”
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“Do you understand the sadness of geography?”
Michael Ondaatje book The English Patient
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“I'll be looking at the moon,
but I'll be seeing you.”
Michael Ondaatje book The English Patient
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“I am not in love with him, I am in love with ghosts. So is he, he's in love with ghosts.”
Michael Ondaatje book The English Patient
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