Suzy

“Caravaggio was constantly diverted by the human element during burglaries. Breaking into a house during Christmas, he would become annoyed if the Advent calendar had not been opened up to the date to which it should have been.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

“I shall continue to do what I think is right, whether anybody likes it or not.”
― Harry S. Truman

“Some people you just had to embrace, in some way or another, had to bite into the muscle, to remain sane in their company. You needed to grab their hand and clutch it like a downer so they would pull you into their midst. Otherwise they, walking casually down the street towards you, almost about to wave, would leap over a wall and be gone for months.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

“Do you understand the sadness of geography?”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient