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Afterwards, when it’s all over, you meet God. What do you say to God?

Yann Martel

It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.
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Book Life Names Sometimes
We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.
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Animals Men Zoos
The presence of God is the finest of rewards.
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Finest God Presence Rewards
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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Book Condemnation Girl Powerful
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.
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Beautiful Jealous Life
Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.
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Animal Important Training
I would like to add a third, to wit, the rapid and direct approch of a known killer
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Approach Killer Known
Misery loves company, and madness calls it forth.
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Company Madness Misery
A zoo is not an ideal place for an animal – of course the best place for a chimp is the wilds of Tanzania – but a good zoo is a decent, acceptable place.
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Animal Course Jail Tanzania Zoos
How long does it take for a broken spirit to kill a body that has food, water and shelter?
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Broken Spirit Long Water
I felt I was beating a rainbow to death
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Beating Felt Rainbow
We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat.
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Boat Figuratively Literally
I chose the name Pi because it’s an irrational number (one with no discernable pattern). Yet scientists use this irrational number to come to a “rational” understanding of the universe. To me, religion is a bit like that, “irrational” yet with it we come together we come to a sound understanding of the universe.
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Irrational Names Numbers Understanding
I know zoos are no longer in people’s good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.
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Grace People Zoos
You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.
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Hope might Thinking
You may not believe in life, but I don’t believe in death. Move on!
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Believe May Moving

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