It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.
YANN MARTEL…for everything has a trace of the divine in it.
More Yann Martel Quotes
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Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.
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If you don’t have dreams, how do you maneuver reality? Where do you get the ideas to change reality if not from dreams?
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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 cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl’s kiss on your cheek.
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When you’ve suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.
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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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If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn’t love hard to believe?
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As much as I love movies, it would be presumptuous of me to think that I know how to make one.
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I went about the job in a direct way. I took the hatchet in both my hands and vigorously beat the fish on the head with the hammerhead (I still didn’t have the stomach to use the sharp edge).
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I have a story that will make you believe in God.
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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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The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.
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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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Christianity is a religion in a rush.
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Artists invent things as a way of telling the truth.
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