What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Author: Michael Ondaatje Copy Quote More from Michael Ondaatje “There was a time when I could have slept with his friend Briffa, for instance. …” “Death means you are in the third person.” “Sometimes when she is able to spend the night with him they are wakened by the …” “Here. Where I am anonymous and alone in a white room with no history and no par…”