Quotes by Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

Explore a curated collection of 35 quotes by Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

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 — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
There are betrayals in war that are childlike compared with our human betrayals during peace. The new lovers enter the h — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
I thought I was going to die. I wanted to die. And I thought if I was going to die I would die with you.Someone like you — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Men had always been the reciters of poetry in the desert. — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
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. — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
I have spent weeks in the desert, forgetting to look at the moon, he says, as a married man may spend days never looking — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Moments before sleep are when she feels most alive, leaping across fragments of the day, bringing each moment into the b — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
She entered the story knowing she would emerge from it feeling she had been immersed in the lives of others, in plots th — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Why are you not smarter? It's only the rich who can't afford to be smart. They're compromised. They got locked years ago — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
She is a woman of honour and smartness whose wild leaves out luck, always taking risks, and there is something in her br — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
You built your walls too, she tells him. So I have my wall. She says it glittering in a beauty he cannot stand. She with — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
A love story is not about those who lost their heart but about those who find that sullen inhabitant who, when it is stu — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
The trouble with words is that you can really talk yourself into a corner. You can't fuck yourself into a corner."That's — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape. — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
She had always wanted words, she loved them, grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape. Whereas I t — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
He knows that the only way he can accept losing her is if he can continue to hold her or be held by her. If they can som — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Nowadays he doesn't think of his wife, though he knows he can turn around and evoke every move of her, describe any aspe — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Do you understand the sadness of geography? — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient