“Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time." Page 212.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Reality escapes us. It's beyond description, even a simple pear. Time eats everything.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
You can't quantify human pain the way you can measure out sugar. Death comes one individual at a time. — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Oncoming death is terrible enough, but worse still is oncoming death with time to spare, time in which all the happiness that… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
[The taxidermist is] a historian, dealing with an animal's past; the zookeeper is a politician, dealing with an animal's present; and everyone… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“When the final moment came, signalled to him by the dramatic stoppage of her loud, rasping breathing (whereas their son had departed… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“I applied my reason at every moment. Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter. Reason is the very best tool… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“As far as he can tell, that's what Odo spends most of his time doing: being in time, like one sits by… — 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
“Let that be a reminder to you that the past is one thing, but what we make of it, the conclusions we… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“I did not grasp all these details - and many more - right away. They came to my notice with time and… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“You may be astonished that in such a short period of time I could go from weeping over the muffled killing of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“One such time I left town and on my way back, at a point where the land was high and I could… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“I went to temple at crowded times when Brahmins were too distracted to come between me and God.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Time and sunshine healed a sore, but the process was slow, and new boils appeared if I didn't stay dry.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
At moments of wonder, it is easy to avoid small thinking, to entertain thoughts that span the universe, that capture both thunder… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
For the first time I noticed - as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“I entered the church, without fear this time, for it was now my house too. I offered prayers to Christ, who is… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“In zoos, as in nature, the best times to visit are sunrise and sunset. That is when most animals come to life.… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“It begins in your mind, always. One moment you are feeling calm, self-possessed, happy. Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“For the first time I noticed – as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the… — 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
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