Christianity is a religion in a rush.
YANN MARTELI have a story that will make you believe in God.
More Yann Martel Quotes
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If you took the city of Tokyo and turned it upside down and shook it you would be amazed at the animals that fall out: badgers, wolves, boa constrictors, crocodiles, ostriches, baboons, capybaras, wild boars, leopards, manatees, ruminants, in untold numbers.
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We are all born like Catholics, aren’t we—in limbo, without religion, until some figure introduces us to God?
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There is no doubt in my mind that that feral giraffes and feral hippos have been living in Tokyo for generations without seeing a soul.
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We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat.
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I would have like PI to be a Jew, too, to practice Judaism, but there are two religions that are explicitly incompatible: Christianity and Judaism. Where one begins, the other ends, according to Christians, and where one endures, the other strays, according to Jews.
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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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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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Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind, my heart.
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My feelings can perhaps be imagined, but they can hardly be described.
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People always seek to compare. They can take the new, but only if it is somehow connected to the familiar.
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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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I explore it now in the only place left for it, my memory.
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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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The presence of God is the finest of rewards.
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It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.
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