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Quote by Michael Ondaatje

“As a writer, one is busy with archaeology.”

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Michael Ondaatje, born on September 12, 1943, is a renowned Canadian novelist. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound emotional expression, with notable titles including 'In the Skin of a Lion' and 'The English Patient'. more

“It has become a kind of religion that you can't criticise because then you become a traitor to the great cause, which I am not. It is time we began to ask who are these women who continually rubbish men. The most stupid, ill-educated and nasty woman can rubbish the nicest, kindest and most intelligent man and no one protests ... Men seem to be so cowed that they can't fight back, and it is time they did.”

Men Kind Seems Fighting Asks Causes Stupid Intelligent Ill Educated Protest Nasty Traitor Rubbish Intelligent Man Criticise

Author:Doris Lessing

“Frustrated? Yes. Why? Because it is impossible for me to be God — or the universal woman-and-man — or anything much. I am what I feel and think and do. I want to express my being as fully as I can because I somewhere picked up the idea that I could justify my being alive that way.”

Thinking Men Way Want Feels I Can Ideas Alive Impossible Men And Women Universal Justify Frustrated

Book:The Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath

“The sheets grow heavy as a lecher's kiss.”

Grows Kissing Heavy Sheets

Book:Poemas

Source: Poemas

Quote by Michael Ondaatje

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