I felt I was beating a rainbow to death
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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My greatest wish – other than salvation – was to have a book.
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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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For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out.
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First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first.
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Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one’s life away.
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I can well imagine an athiest’s last words: “White, white! L-L-Love! My God!” – and the deathbed leap of faith.
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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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In art, something comes of nothing. Out of the thin air and the ether, you create a story. And that is intensely satisfying.
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Much hostile and aggressive behaviour among animals is the expression of social insecurity.
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The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.
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India is a place where all stories are possible. You forget that the imagination can take hold of anything and contemplate it and love it and describe it.
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Christianity is a religion in a rush. Look at the world created in seven says. Even on a symbolic lovel, that’s creation in frenzy.
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My feelings can perhaps be imagined, but they can hardly be described.
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A movie will do in one second, with one image, what it will take a novelist at least a page to describe.
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Afterwards, when it’s all over, you meet God. What do you say to God?
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