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.
YANN MARTELAs much as I love movies, it would be presumptuous of me to think that I know how to make one.
More Yann Martel Quotes
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Afterwards, when it’s all over, you meet God. What do you say to God?
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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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I spent more hours than I can count a quiet witness to the highly mannered, manifold expressions of life that grace our planet. It is something so bright, loud, weird and delicate as to stupefy the senses.
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Music is a bird’s answer to the noise and heaviness of words. It puts the mind in a state of exhilarated speechlessness.
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We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.
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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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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.
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In a healthy individual, a broken bone that has healed properly is strongest where it was once broken. You have not lost any life, Henry told himself. You will still get your fair share of years. Yet the quality of his life changed.
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My gratitude to him is as boundless as the Pacific ocean.
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You can get used to anything – haven’t I already said that? Isn’t that what all survivors say?
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I have a fierce will to live. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others – and I am one of those – never give up. We fight and fight and fight.
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It’s amazing how willpower can build walls.
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Quickly you make rash decisions. You dismiss your last allies: hope and trust. There, you’ve defeated yourself. Fear, which is but an impression, has triumphed over you.
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If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?
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It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.
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