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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 42965 |
| QUOTATION: | The first sentence of every novel should be: “Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.” Meander if you want to get to town. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Michael Ondaatje (b. 1943), Canadian novelist. “Palace of Purification,” bk. 2, In the Skin of a Lion (1987). |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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