Michael Ondaatje Quotes about Sadness

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That's one of the great sadnesses of any life - knowing what you know now and then remembering what you did not know then.

That's one of the great sadnesses of any life - knowing what you know now and then remembering what you did not know then.

Michael Ondaatje

Sadness, Knowing, Remember

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Sadness is very close to hate.

Michael Ondaatje

Sad, Hate, Sadness

Michael Ondaatje (2011). “The English Patient”, p.45, Vintage

Do you understand the sadness of geography?

Michael Ondaatje

Sadness, Geography

Michael Ondaatje (2011). “The English Patient”, p.314, A&C Black

You have to protect yourself from sadness. Sadness is very close to hate. Let me tell you this. This is the thing I learned. If you take in someone else's poison – thinking you can cure them by sharing it – you will instead store it within you. Those men in the desert were smarter than you. They assumed he could be useful. So they saved him, but when he was no longer useful they left him.

Michael Ondaatje

Hate, Sadness, Men