Lives of others Quote by Michael Ondaatje

“Everyone whirled around her, entranced by the stories in which they recognized themselves, but in the stories they were also more than themselves and…

— Francesca Block

“She hadn't written so much as a word of a story, but for the first time in a long time she felt she was…

— Paul Murray

“Most of all, she went out of her way to provide them with the kinds of experiences that would expand their understanding of what…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

“...she knew that in all stories she must be left out-the life she had made for herself was a life of flight, of discarding…

— Yiyun Li

“It was the comfort of knowing that she was not quite so strange, that there were other people who found delight in private challenges…

— Daphne Kalotay

“She’d noticed immediately that I understood the lure of a good story. Sometimes a world that doesn’t exist is the only escape from the…

— Lisa Wingate

“People wandered in for books and conversation. They brought their stories to her, some bound, and some known by heart. She recognized some of…

— Louise Penny

“...She looked at the people around her and felt not just that she was surrounded by strangers, but that she herself was strange, somehow,…

— Daphne Kalotay

“Once upon a time she had felt trapped inside her story with its familiar characters and predictable plot. Now she felt locked out of…

— Roderick Townley

“Some people skim life and some people read so closely they see the things others don't. That's where the beauty lies, in between the…

— Kim Holden

“Currents of desire and excitement that she had not known or thought about for years now flooded in her. She wanted him to bring…

— Sebastian Faulks

“she sees her life pass before her in rapid succession, like clouds, different shapes and different colors, merging, passing into one another, the story…

— Edna O'Brien