"You think that you are an iconoclast, but……" — Michael Ondaatje

You think that you are an iconoclast, but you’re not. You just… - Michael Ondaatje

"You think that you are an iconoclast, but you’re not. You just move, or replace what you cannot have. If you fail at something, you retreat into something else. Nothing changes you.... I left you because I knew I could never change you. You would stand in the room so still sometimes, as if the greatest betrayal of yourself would be to reveal one more inch of your character."

— Michael Ondaatje

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Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. — John le Carre
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Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart. — Margaret Cho
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