Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.
YANN MARTELReality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
More Yann Martel Quotes
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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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He’s a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. It is like losing–I’m sorry, I would rather not go on.
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I am reminded of a story of Lord Krishna when he was a cowherd. Every night he invites the milkmaids to dance with him in the forest. They come and they dance. The night is dark, the fire in their midst roars and crackles, the beat of the music gets ever faster.
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Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.
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I had to stop hoping so much that a ship would rescue me. I should not count on outside help. Survival had to start with me.
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I have a story that will make you believe in God.
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I have a fierce will to live. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others – and I am one of those – never give up. We fight and fight and fight.
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I was giving up. I would have given up – if a voice hadn’t made itself heard in my heart. The voice said “I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare.
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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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It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I’ve made none the champion.
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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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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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Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
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