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Me Quotes by 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 was up, who…
- When the course of experience made me see that there is no saviour and no special grace, no remission beyond the human, that pain is…
- My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't,…
- Music moves me - duh - and that is like having a window opening on a heightened reality, but the effect is fleeting: When the…
- The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction.
- If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' then…
- My suffering left me sad and gloomy.
- I wept like a child. It was not because I was overcome at having survived my ordeal, though I was. Nor was it the presence…
- How bitterly glad I am to see you. You bring joy and pain in equal measure. Joy because you are with me, but pain because…
- To me, religion is about our dignity, not our depravity.
- I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air.…
- Dawn came and matters were worse for it. Because now, emerging from the darkness, I could see, what before I had only felt, the great…
- I couldn't get Him out of my head. Still can't. I spent three solid days thinking about Him. The more He bothered me, the less…
- I had to stop hoping so much that a ship would rescue me. I should not count on outside help. Survival had to start with…
- Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as…
- So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can't prove the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which…
- I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will…
- I've never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares…
- You bring joy and pain in equal measure. Joy because you are with me, but pain because it wont be for long.
- My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the…
- Don’t you bully me with your politeness!
- If you take two steps towards God,' he used to tell me, 'God runs to you!
- Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when I…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale