How we are almost nothing. We think, in our youth, we are the centre of the universe, but we simply respond, go this way or that by accident, survive or improve by the luck of the draw, with little choice or determination on our part.

Quote by Michael Ondaatje

: /ɒnˈdɑːtʃiː/; born September 12 1943) OC is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet. Philip Michael Ondaatje (pron.