You're getting everyone's point of view at the same time, which for me, is the perfect state for a novel: a cubist state, the cubist novel.
Michael OndaatjeThere are betrayals in war that are childlike compared with our human betrayals during peace. The new lovers enter the habits of the other. Things are smashed, revealed in a new light. This is done with nervous or tender sentences, although the heart is an organ of fire.
Michael OndaatjeJung was absolutely right about one thing. We are occupied by gods. The mistake is to identify with the god occupying you.
Michael OndaatjeWhat night gave Rafael was a formlessness in which everything had a purpose. As if darkness had a hidden musical language.
Michael Ondaatje