Between the kitchen and the destroyed chapel a door led into an oval-shaped library. The space inside seemed safe except for a large hole at portrait level in the far wall, caused by mortar-shell attack on the villa two months earlier. The rest of the room had adapted itself to this wound, accepting the habits of weather, evening stars, the sound of birds.
Michael OndaatjeWhen I read biographies, I skip the first thirty pages about the childhood because it doesn't seem interesting to me.
Michael OndaatjeThe rulers of the country generally believed that betting eliminates strikes. Men had to work in order to gamble.
Michael Ondaatje