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Running In The Family

In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India, " Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his

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“Once a friend had told me that it was only when I was drunk that I seemed to know exactly what I wanted. And so, two months later, in the midst of the farewell party in my growing wildness—dancing, balancing a wine glass on my forehead and falling to the floor twisting round and getting up without l…”

— Michael Ondaatje, amazon.com

Tagged: My Favorites, Running, Running Away, Being Drunk, How We Grow

“What began it all was the bright bone of a dream.”

— Michael Ondaatje, amazon.com

Tagged: Beginning, Dream, Faith, Chasing Dreams