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Michael Ondaatje, The Cat's Table Quotes: ...how many of us have a moved heart that shies away to a different angle, a millimetre or even less from the place where it first existed, some repositioning unknown to us.
         

...how many of us have a moved heart that shies away to a different angle, a millimetre or even less from the place where it first existed, some repositioning unknown to us.


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This page presents the quote "...how many of us have a moved heart that shies away to a different angle, a millimetre or even less from the place where it first existed, some repositioning unknown to us.". Author of this quote is Michael Ondaatje, The Cat's Table. This quote is about youth, travel-writing,.