--- title: "14 Want Quotes By Yann Martel" description: "14 Want quotes by Yann Martel. Plus more from Yann Martel and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/yann-martel-395_god-love_bapu-gandhi-said-all-religions-are-true_2097586.jpg" --- > [Bapu Gandhi said, ‘All religions are true.’ I just want to love God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/bapu-gandhi-said-all-religions-are-true-i-just-want-to-love-god/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/yann-martel-395_god-love_bapu-gandhi-said-all-religions-are-true_2097586.jpg) > [The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/the-lower-you-are-the-higher-your-mind-will-want-to-soar/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/yann-martel-395_higher_the-lower-you-are-the-higher-your-mind-w_2922765.jpg) > [But I want to pray to Allah. I want to be a Christian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/but-i-want-to-pray-to-allah-i-want-to-be-a-christian/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/yann-martel-395_christian_but-i-want-to-pray-to-allah-i-want-to-be_2167045.jpg) > [Just do it. Get it down on the page. Work hard. And then let go. Ask yourself why you want to write.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/just-do-it-get-it-down-on-the-page-work-hard-and-then-let-go-ask/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/yann-martel-395_ask-yourself_just-do-it-get-it-down-on-the-page-work_1668308.jpg) > [Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/every-book-i-ve-written-has-been-a-different-attempt-to-understand/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/yann-martel-395_attempt_every-book-i-ve-written-has-been-a-diffe_481174.jpg) > [The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/the-lower-you-are-the-higher-your-mind-will-want-to-soar-it-was/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/yann-martel-395_desperate_the-lower-you-are-the-higher-your-mind-w_1504180.jpg) > [Come aboard if your destination is oblivion- it should be our next stop. We can sit together. You can have the window…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/come-aboard-if-your-destination-is-oblivion-it-should-be-our-next/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/yann-martel-395_aboard_come-aboard-if-your-destination-is-obliv_2605707.jpg) > [High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/high-calls-low-and-low-calls-high-i-tell-you-if-you-were-in-such-dire/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/yann-martel-395_higher_high-calls-low-and-low-calls-high-i-tell_21086.jpg) > [I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/i-know-what-you-want-you-want-a-story-that-won-t-surprise-you-that/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/yann-martel-395_dry_i-know-what-you-want-you-want-a-story-th_1387911.jpg) > [To my mind, faith is like being in the sun. When you are in the sun, can you avoid creating a shadow?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/to-my-mind-faith-is-like-being-in-the-sun-when-you-are-in-the-sun-can/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/yann-martel-395_creating_to-my-mind-faith-is-like-being-in-the-su_879986.jpg) > [Most people take who they are, naturally, as a given, and they're interested in the sexual other, but not in being the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/most-people-take-who-they-are-naturally-as-a-given-and-they-re/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/yann-martel-395_given_most-people-take-who-they-are-naturally_2470850.jpg) > [I wish I could convey the perfection of a seal slipping into water or a spider monkey swinging from point to point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/i-wish-i-could-convey-the-perfection-of-a-seal-slipping-into-water-or-2/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/yann-martel-395_feels_i-wish-i-could-convey-the-perfection-of_1733881.jpg) > [How bitterly glad I am to see you. You bring joy and pain in equal measure. Joy because you are with me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/how-bitterly-glad-i-am-to-see-you-you-bring-joy-and-pain-in-equal/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/yann-martel-395_aboard_how-bitterly-glad-i-am-to-see-you-you-br_2503362.jpg) > [So you want another story?" Uhh... no. We would like to know what really happened." Doesn't the telling of something always become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/so-you-want-another-story-uhh-no-we-would-like-to-know-what-really/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/yann-martel-395_elements_so-you-want-another-story-uhh-no-we-woul_179665.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Yann Martel > [“It’s a big ocean crossed by busy ships. I went slowly, observing much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/it-s-a-big-ocean-crossed-by-busy-ships-i-went-slowly-observing-much/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/the-word-isn-t-just-the-way-it-is-it-is-how-we-understand-it-no-and/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [“Remember that your days on this earth are counted and you might as well make the best of those you have left.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/remember-that-your-days-on-this-earth-are-counted-and-you-might-as/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/i-must-say-a-word-about-fear-it-s-is-life-s-only-true-opponent-only/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [I was not wounded in any part of my body, but I had never experienced such intense pain, such a ripping of the nerves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/i-was-not-wounded-in-any-part-of-my-body-but-i-had-never-experienced/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too would elevate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/high-calls-low-and-low-calls-high-i-tell-you-if-you-were-in-such-dire/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [“Or rather, since Christians are so fond of capital letters, a Story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/or-rather-since-christians-are-so-fond-of-capital-letters-a-story/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [“Progress is unstoppable. It is a drumbeat to which we must all march. Technology helps and good ideas spread - these are two laws…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/progress-is-unstoppable-it-is-a-drumbeat-to-which-we-must-all-march/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [“There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/there-are-always-those-who-take-it-upon-themselves-to-defend-god-as/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/i-never-had-problems-with-my-fellow-scientists-scientists-are-a/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [“For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/for-evil-in-the-open-is-but-evil-from-within-that-has-been-let-out/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/books-are-something-social-a-writer-speaking-to-a-reader-so-i-think/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/nothing-beats-reason-for-keeping-tigers-away-but-be-excessively/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [“Uvek ima onih koji uzmu za pravo da brane Boga, kao da je Poslednja stvarnost, kao da je temeljni ram postojanja nešto slabašno i…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/uvek-ima-onih-koji-uzmu-za-pravo-da-brane-boga-kao-da-je-poslednja/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 love with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/the-reason-death-sticks-so-closely-to-life-isn-t-biological-necessity/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/yann-martel/#itemlist", "name": "14 Want Quotes By Yann Martel", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bapu Gandhi said, ‘All religions are true.’ I just want to love God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yann Martel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/bapu-gandhi-said-all-religions-are-true-i-just-want-to-love-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/yann-martel-395_god-love_bapu-gandhi-said-all-religions-are-true_2097586.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/yann-martel-395_god-love_bapu-gandhi-said-all-religions-are-true_2097586.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/yann-martel-395_god-love_bapu-gandhi-said-all-religions-are-true_2097586.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Bapu Gandhi said, ‘All religions are true.’ I just want to love God.” — Yann Martel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yann Martel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/the-lower-you-are-the-higher-your-mind-will-want-to-soar/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/yann-martel-395_higher_the-lower-you-are-the-higher-your-mind-w_2922765.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/yann-martel-395_higher_the-lower-you-are-the-higher-your-mind-w_2922765.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/yann-martel-395_higher_the-lower-you-are-the-higher-your-mind-w_2922765.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.” — Yann Martel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But I want to pray to Allah. 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You want dry, yeastless factuality.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yann Martel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/i-know-what-you-want-you-want-a-story-that-won-t-surprise-you-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/yann-martel-395_dry_i-know-what-you-want-you-want-a-story-th_1387911.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/yann-martel-395_dry_i-know-what-you-want-you-want-a-story-th_1387911.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/yann-martel-395_dry_i-know-what-you-want-you-want-a-story-th_1387911.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. 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Most men are interested in women - whether sexually or not is not the question - but they don't necessarily want to be a woman.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yann Martel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/most-people-take-who-they-are-naturally-as-a-given-and-they-re/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/yann-martel-395_given_most-people-take-who-they-are-naturally_2470850.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/yann-martel-395_given_most-people-take-who-they-are-naturally_2470850.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/yann-martel-395_given_most-people-take-who-they-are-naturally_2470850.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Most people take who they are, naturally, as a given, and they're interested in the sexual other, but not in…” — Yann Martel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wish I could convey the perfection of a seal slipping into water or a spider monkey swinging from point to point or a lion merely turning its head. 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