Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first. — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
When the course of experience made me see that there is no saviour and no special grace, no remission beyond the human,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but not thank you? — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I am reminded of a story of Lord Krishna when he was a cowherd. Every night he invites the milkmaids to dance… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights… — 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
