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If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?

Yann Martel

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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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 folly of human ambition.
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If you are pitched into misery, remember that your days on this earth are counted and you might as well make the best of those you have left.
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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 was beyond all hope of saving, he gave me rest. Then he gave me a sign to continue my journey.
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It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.
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Why make dirty what is beautiful, spoil what is perfect? Love.
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Time is an illusion that makes us all pant.
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