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Maritime Theatre

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Ondaatje, M. (1987). Maritime Theatre. In Ondaatje, M. In the Skin of a Lion. Penguin Books, pp. 207-255

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– Your goddamn herringbone tiles in the toilets cost more than half our salaries put together.

– Yes, that’s true.

– Aren’t you ashamed of that?

– You watch, in fifty years they’re going to come here and gape at the herringbone and the copper roofs. We need excess, something to live up to. I fought tooth and nail for that herringbone.

—p.236 by Michael Ondaatje 10 months ago

– Your goddamn herringbone tiles in the toilets cost more than half our salaries put together.

– Yes, that’s true.

– Aren’t you ashamed of that?

– You watch, in fifty years they’re going to come here and gape at the herringbone and the copper roofs. We need excess, something to live up to. I fought tooth and nail for that herringbone.

—p.236 by Michael Ondaatje 10 months ago