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My gratitude to him is as boundless as the Pacific ocean.
Yann Martel
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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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Christianity stretches back through the ages, but in essence it exists only at one time: right now.
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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. But language founders in such seas. Better to picture it in your head if you want to feel it.
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My suffering left me sad and gloomy.
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He's a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.
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