You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.
YANN MARTELI wept heartily over this poor little deceased soul. It was the first sentient being I had ever killed. I was now a killer. I was now as guilty as Cain. I was sixteen years old, a harmless boy, bookish and religious, and now I had blood on my hands. It’s a terrible burden to carry. All sentient life is sacred.
More Yann Martel Quotes
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I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people’s minds.
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Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat wearing Muslims.
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Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life.
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It’s amazing how willpower can build walls.
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Much hostile and aggressive behaviour among animals is the expression of social insecurity.
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He’s a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.
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If you don’t have dreams, how do you maneuver reality? Where do you get the ideas to change reality if not from dreams?
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Nature can put on a thrilling show. The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited.
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Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.
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I would like to add a third, to wit, the rapid and direct approch of a known killer
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When you’ve suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.
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Life is an interpretation of a series of facts, and that interpretation is really what life is about. So the division between non-fiction and fiction has a certain logic, but it’s a very limited one. And by and large, it isn’t helpful.
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I wish I could convey the perfection of a seal slipping into water or a spider monkey swinging from point to point or a lion merely turning its head. But language founders in such seas. Better to picture it in your head if you want to feel it.
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Why make dirty what is beautiful, spoil what is perfect? Love.
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I felt I was beating a rainbow to death
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