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Life Quotes by Michael Ondaatje
- Her life with others no longer interests him. He wants only her stalking beauty, her theatre of expressions. He wants the minute secret reflection between…
- She is a woman of honour and smartness whose wild leaves out luck, always taking risks, and there is something in her brow now, that…
- All I ever wanted was a world without maps.
- Her hand touched me at the wrist. "If I gave you my life, you would drop it. Wouldn't you?" I didn't say anything.
- From this point on, she whispered, we will either find or lose our souls.
- This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became half her world.
- 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…
- And it would be a spare life he would be certain to lead as a schoolteacher in some urban location. But he had a serenity…
- How can you smile as though your whole life hasn't capsized
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle