I am someone who has a cold heart. If I am beside a great grief I throw barriers up so the loss cannot go too deep or too far. There is a wall instantly in place, and it will not fall.

Quote by Michael Ondaatje

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