Life Quotes by Yann Martel

Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life.

— Yann Martel

“Strach to jedyny prawdziwy przeciwnik życia.”

— Yann Martel

Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.

— Yann Martel

'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.

— Yann Martel

“life will defend itself no matter how smallit is”

— Yann Martel

“Only fear can defeat life.”

— Yann Martel

“People move in the hope of a better life.”

— Yann Martel

“HIs life was always a happenstance.”

— Yann Martel

“There are many ways in which life's little candle can be snuffed out. A cold wind pursues us all.”

— Yann Martel

You may not believe in life, but I don't believe in death. Move on!

— Yann Martel

You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.

— Yann Martel

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

— Yann Martel

“To chose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”

— Yann Martel

“Life and death live and die in exactly the same spot, the body.”

— Yann Martel

If I didn't have children, I think my life would be a failure.

— Yann Martel

It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

— Yann Martel

Blessed be shock. Blessed be the part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. At the heart of…

— Yann Martel

Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces.…

— Yann Martel

“My life is like a memento more painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind…

— Yann Martel

“The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity- its envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in…

— Yann Martel

“Yes! Practice-singular!' the wise men screamed in unison. Three index fingers, like punctuation marks, jumped to attention in the air to emphasize…

— Yann Martel

“You bring joy and pain in equal measure- come aboard if your destination is oblivion. It should be our next stop. We…

— Yann Martel

Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they've known for a great unknown beyond the horizon? ... The…

— Yann Martel

“The truth of life is that Brahman is no different from atman, the spiritual force within us, what you might call the…

— Yann Martel

“If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe? Don't you bully me with your…

— Yann Martel

“Isn't telling about something--using words, English or Japanese--already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an…

— Yann Martel

“It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should…

— Yann Martel

“I was weeping because Richard Parker had left me so unceremoniously. What a terrible thing it is to botch a farewell...it's important…

— Yann Martel

Sometimes I got my majors mixed up. A number of my fellow religious-studies students - muddled agnostics who didn't know which way…

— Yann Martel

“To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to…

— Yann Martel

“I’ll tell you, that’s one thing I hate about my nickname, the way the number runs on forever. It’s important in life…

— Yann Martel

“The reason death sticks do closely to life isn't biological necessity-it"s envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love…

— Yann Martel

“I still smart a little at the slight. When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable…

— Yann Martel

Words of divine consciousness: moral exaltation; lasting feelings of elevation, elation, joy; a quickening of the moral sense, which strikes one as…

— Yann Martel

“Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no…

— Yann Martel

To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to…

— Yann Martel

If you stumble over mere believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard…

— Yann Martel

“I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever,…

— Yann Martel

“There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of…

— Yann Martel

“The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other. The…

— Yann Martel