Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind, my heart.
YANN MARTELThere is no doubt in my mind that that feral giraffes and feral hippos have been living in Tokyo for generations without seeing a soul.
More Yann Martel Quotes
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And in between the two, in between the sky and the sea, were all the winds. And there were all the nights and all the moons. To be a castaway is to be a point perpetually at the centre of a circle.
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Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation?
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I would like to add a third, to wit, the rapid and direct approch of a known killer
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Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.
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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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We are all born like Catholics, aren’t we—in limbo, without religion, until some figure introduces us to God?
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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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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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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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Life is an interpretation of a series of facts, and that interpretation is really what life is about. So the division between non-fiction and fiction has a certain logic, but it’s a very limited one. And by and large, it isn’t helpful.
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I have a story that will make you believe in God.
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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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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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I go to mass every Sunday, but love going to mosques too. Muslims pray in a beautiful way.
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Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu, how good to see you Richard Parker!
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