Artists invent things as a way of telling the truth.
YANN MARTELIt’s amazing how willpower can build walls.
More Yann Martel Quotes
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How long does it take for a broken spirit to kill a body that has food, water and shelter?
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…for everything has a trace of the divine in it.
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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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It’s amazing how willpower can build walls.
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Zoo is an artificial territory, an approximation. Civilization is our natural territory.
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In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don’t, unless you have a really bad imagination. In a book, your imagination will do the acting for you. Also, the process of revelation is often different. Tension is achieved in a different way.
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I’m not a consumer. I hate buying clothes. I don’t have a mobile. I just don’t need things. I don’t like things.
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I go to mass every Sunday, but love going to mosques too. Muslims pray in a beautiful way.
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I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl’s kiss on your cheek.
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The presence of God is the finest of rewards.
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Mockery be damned, my urine looked delicious.
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Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life.
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The moon was a sharply defined crescent and the sky was perfectly clear. The stars shone with such fierce, contained brilliance that it seemed absurd to call the night dark.
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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.
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I can’t live for more than four years outside of Canada. I’m Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point.
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