"The trouble with all of us is we are where we shouldn't be."

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Source : Michael Ondaatje (2011). “The English Patient”, p.129, A&C Black

Michael Ondaatje

#Trouble Quotes

“Do not miss the purpose of this life, and do not wait for circumstance to mold or change you fate.”
“The most steady, the most self-sufficient nature depends, more than it knows, on its few chosen stimuli.”
“While you can't keep your heart from getting broken, you can stop breaking your own heart...once you realize the difference between what you can control and what you can't, and that it's far, far more fun to lavish all that attention on your own self-worth.”
“There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting is shallow.”
“The only people that should vote should be legal.”
“In childhood we all have ... a far higher sensibility for April and April evenings - a heartache for them, which in riper years is gradually and irretrievably consoled.”
“Because of its divine institution for the propagation of man, the seed is not to be vainly ejaculated, nor is it to be damaged, nor is it to be wasted.”
“Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.”

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