Over the years, confusing fragments, lost corners of stories, have a clearer meaning when seen in a new … - Michael Ondaatje

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Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki.

Michael Ondaatje

Over the years, confusing fragments, lost corners of stories, have a clearer meaning when seen in a new light, a different place.

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She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.

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I believe this. When we meet those we fall in love with, there is an aspect of our spirit that is historian, a bit of a pedant who reminisces or remembers a meeting when the other has passed by innocently…but all parts of the body must be ready for the other, all atoms must jump in one direction for desire to occur.

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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.

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Everyone has to scratch on walls somewhere or they go crazy

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The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.

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If you want to be on top, you've got to have broad shoulders, because as fast as you get there, the faster they try to knock you down.

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