Michael Ondaatje Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. September 12, 1943
Birthday: September 12
When we are young we do not look into mirrors. It is when we are old, concerned with our name, our legend, what our lives will mean to the future. We become vain with the names we own, our claims to have been the first eyes, the strongest army, the cleverest merchant. It is when he is old that Narcissus wants a graven image of himself.
source: Michael Ondaatje (2011). “The English Patient”, p.151, A&C Black
topic: Mean, Eye, Army, Narcissus
