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Yann Martel Quotes

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation Picture Quote #1

If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams Picture Quote #1

When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling Picture Quote #1

I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful Picture Quote #1

I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to an innocent tree, wither it instantly? Picture Quote #1

The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story? Picture Quote #1

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Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart Picture Quote #1

It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names Picture Quote #1

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better Picture Quote #1

It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion Picture Quote #1

Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn't be more simple, nor the stakes higher Picture Quote #1

I love Canada... It is a great country much too cold for good sense, inhabited by compassionate, intelligent people with bad hairdos Picture Quote #1

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I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both Picture Quote #1

Christianity stretches back through the ages, but in essence it exists only at one time: right now Picture Quote #1

I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death on this murderous island Picture Quote #1

The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving Picture Quote #1

You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it Picture Quote #1

Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness - how can I not dwell on this brief, cramped view of things? This peephole is all I've got! Picture Quote #1

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I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts Picture Quote #1

I challenge anyone to understand Islam, it's spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion Picture Quote #1

You can get used to anything - haven't I already said that? Isn't that what all survivors say? Picture Quote #1

High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too would elevate your thoughts. The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar Picture Quote #1

That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out it's essence? Picture Quote #1

Why can't reason give greater answers? Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer? Why such a vast net if there's so little fish to catch? Picture Quote #1

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There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God... These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside Picture Quote #1

Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them - and then they leap Picture Quote #1

Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love Picture Quote #1

It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse Picture Quote #1

Christianity is a religion in a rush. Look at the world created in seven says. Even on a symbolic lovel, that's creation in frenzy Picture Quote #1

We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man Picture Quote #1

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To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation (Yann Martel Quotes) If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams (Yann Martel Quotes) When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling (Yann Martel Quotes) I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful (Yann Martel Quotes) I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to an innocent tree, wither it instantly? (Yann Martel Quotes) The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story? (Yann Martel Quotes) Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart (Yann Martel Quotes) It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names (Yann Martel Quotes) You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better (Yann Martel Quotes) It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion (Yann Martel Quotes) Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn't be more simple, nor the stakes higher (Yann Martel Quotes) I love Canada... It is a great country much too cold for good sense, inhabited by compassionate, intelligent people with bad hairdos (Yann Martel Quotes) I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both (Yann Martel Quotes) Christianity stretches back through the ages, but in essence it exists only at one time: right now (Yann Martel Quotes) I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death on this murderous island (Yann Martel Quotes) The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving (Yann Martel Quotes) You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it (Yann Martel Quotes) Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness - how can I not dwell on this brief, cramped view of things? This peephole is all I've got! (Yann Martel Quotes) I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts (Yann Martel Quotes) I challenge anyone to understand Islam, it's spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion (Yann Martel Quotes) You can get used to anything - haven't I already said that? Isn't that what all survivors say? (Yann Martel Quotes) High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too would elevate your thoughts. The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar (Yann Martel Quotes) That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out it's essence? (Yann Martel Quotes) Why can't reason give greater answers? Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer? Why such a vast net if there's so little fish to catch? (Yann Martel Quotes) There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God... These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside (Yann Martel Quotes) Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them - and then they leap (Yann Martel Quotes) Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love (Yann Martel Quotes) It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse (Yann Martel Quotes) Christianity is a religion in a rush. Look at the world created in seven says. Even on a symbolic lovel, that's creation in frenzy (Yann Martel Quotes) We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man (Yann Martel Quotes)

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