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We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.

Yann Martel

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?
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Life Travel Understanding
How true is that necessity is the mother of invention, how very true.
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Invention Mother True Very
It’s amazing how willpower can build walls.
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Amazing Wall Willpower
Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they’re doing and why they’re doing it.
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Doing Good Happy Knows
At moments of wonder, it is easy to avoid small thinking, to entertain thoughts that span the universe, that capture both thunder and tinkle, thick and thin, the near and the far.
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Moments Thinking Wonder
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.
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Defend Failing People Realizing
I felt I was beating a rainbow to death
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Beating Felt Rainbow
Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu, how good to see you Richard Parker!
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Hinduism Jesus Muhammad
My greatest wish – other than salvation – was to have a book.
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Book Salvation Wish
It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.
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Catching Fire Moon
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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Go Heart Letting Otherwise Words
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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Dark Moon Stars
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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Language Perfection Sea Water
Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.
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Defend Matter Small
You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.
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Cheer Graduation Inspiring
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

We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.

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