Blessed be shock. Blessed be the part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. At the heart of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I was not wounded in any part of my body, but I had never experienced such intense pain, such a ripping of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. They should… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I've never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams.… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“It’s a big ocean crossed by busy ships. I went slowly, observing much.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“The word isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Remember that your days on this earth are counted and you might as well make the best of those you have left.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“I must say a word about fear. It's is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I was not wounded in any part of my body, but I had never experienced such intense pain, such a ripping of the nerves,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too would elevate… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Or rather, since Christians are so fond of capital letters, a Story.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Progress is unstoppable. It is a drumbeat to which we must all march. Technology helps and good ideas spread - these are two laws… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence were… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“I never had problems with my fellow scientists. Scientists are a friendly, atheistic, hard-working, beer-drinking lot whose minds are preoccupied with sex, chess and… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
