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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. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts.

Yann Martel

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
Author
Novelist
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Begin
Trust
Doubt
Overboard
Full
Threw
Felt
Doubts
Helping
Carried
Thought
Grateful
Air

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